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A Blessed Meeting

By Joan Doyle

A penny on a lunch table on a Saturday in June, I didn’t know then how significant that was. I was lunching with a man, a casual acquaintance, nothing romantic, though I was single and looking for Mr. Right. We had met on Match.com a year before, had decided the other was not the one and opted to stay in touch since we had similar interests.

“Oh look, a penny,” he remarked with a delight that I found unwarranted. “We are on our perfect path!” He went on to explain what a penny meant to him and I liked the idea. We had just visited a spiritual center he frequented which I had been curious about, and I thought the penny sounded like a lovely sign of affirmation. Like a signpost saying “YES, KEEP GOING THIS WAY.” Our lunch came to an end, and as we began to shift focus to our separate day’s plans and prepared to part like we had done on our three or four meetings over the previous year, I said, “I’m going to an art fair, just for an hour. I’m thinking of taking part in it next year; do you think you’d like to come along?” He hesitated a moment and then said, “Yes!”

Well, the Fair led to a visit to a park and then to dinner under a full moon, and later to flowers and other dinners, to a ring and a romance like I’d never imagined. It led to a relationship like no other I have experienced, so how could I possibly have imagined it? Out of the blue I found what I was looking for right under my nose! What prompted me that day to invite him to the fair? What prompted us both to say yes to all that followed? Being open, right timing, having done the work of our separate pasts, letting go of judgments or preconceived notions, listening to the angels whispering in our ears?

Daily we make decisions, sometimes the decision not to decide. So many factors affect that decision, and subsequently, the outcome of that decision. If we are to make instant decisions that enhance our lives, I believe we have to cultivate the more conscious decisions and actions we take in the spirit of love–love of ourselves and of others. In the same way that meditating daily can affect the quality of our thoughts during the day, being conscious in our decisions, making choices based on love and not fear, means we lay down the thought patterns that serve our automatic responses. Our habits, consciously developed or otherwise, inform those split-second choices. It’s why we do the work of self-development–to enhance our lives.

I asked Justin to join me at an art fair and he said yes. Both our life experiences came into play; but there was a third component, in my opinion, for we would both agree that our small selves are not so wise. Our Spirit selves guided in that moment and brought us the best gift we have ever experienced: each other. Making room for Spirit as we let go of control only enhances life. And pennies to affirm our direction–how perfect!