I do. I chose ‘Magical’ as my word for 2016. I think it’s the first time I’ve had a word for the year. I chose it to help bring the miraculous into my life while allowing me to experience the magical in the day-to-day too.
I’ve had visions of my biggest dreams for many years now. While I am currently experiencing sleepless nights and stressful days worrying about how on earth I am going to pay some urgent bills, I remember the magic in the world. While I work hard at my ‘day job’ – and feel deep gratitude for the money that does come into my life – I remember that miracles do happen.
As many of you know, animals are the greatest love of my life. Dogs in particular, but all animals. I was born this way. I stumbled into ‘animal healing’ over 17 years ago. I say ‘stumbled’ because I really wasn’t into anything like that at the time and, had I realised what it was all about, I likely would have stepped away pretty quickly. Thank goodness I didn’t. I went to an open day at a holistic health type place and got talking to a few people from a healing centre. I found out that they also worked with animals and some time later, booked myself on a course. It was a beautiful location that they had found themselves in a position to use, quite miraculously really. Within a year I was introduced to Reiki thanks to a friend and found this went really well with my understanding and feelings about the Universe.
A few years later, I applied for a job at an animal sanctuary that primarily took in dogs and cats and gave them a permanent home there. I wasn’t qualified for the job I actually applied for, but they were impressed by my application, didn’t seem to object to my having a few tears in my eyes during the interview (see, I *really* love animals) and I was offered a job at the sanctuary. They used natural remedies such as homeopathy and flower remedies and liked that I ‘did’ Reiki. Sadly for financial reasons in the end I wasn’t able to take the job and my heart broke.
Over the years, these two experiences have helped form my dreams for my own animal healing centre/sanctuary/retreat. It’s been many years since I went to either of these sanctuaries and my ‘big dream’ has changed a bit over the years as I have worked out exactly how I’d like things to be, but it’s a very powerful feeling.
Talking of dreaming/visualising, along with saving links on Rightmove (everyone does that, right?) I spend some time visualising my dream property, my healing centre/sanctuary/retreat. I take a sort of ‘video’ tour of it to help bring it into reality. I have seen a gate leading to acres of our private land on numerous occasions. A few weeks ago I suddenly had a really clear vision of a big round door/gate set into a stone wall. The door was open and through that was more of our green land with some trees. I grabbed my journal and drew a quick sketch. Forgive me, I haven’t taken an art class for over 30 years!
About half an hour later, I was watching a film about magic and up pops a scene featuring a big round door set into a wall! Different materials, different setting, but … synchronicity.
I’ve been creating a vision board for some time now. Due to personal worries I have lost my flow somewhat and haven’t quite finished it, but I feel more inspired to do that and hang it somewhere now. It’s a collection of images that fit with the vision of my healing centre/sanctuary/retreat and today feels like a good day to share this vision with you.
If you’re reading this and not quite on my ‘wavelength’, please do just wish me well and send some good thoughts my way
It’s taken courage to write this and put myself well outside of my comfort zone. Here’s a donkey for you
With gratitude.
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