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I was in a state of complete panic when I lost my mobile. Today was a crucial make or break day for me at work. My mobile had all my business contact numbers and without it my day would be chaos. I started to beg for help from on high. I wondered if angels really existed. If they did, would they really bother helping me find such an everyday item?

I remembered that I had stopped in a coffee bar that morning. It seemed logical to go back there to see if some kind soul had handed my mobile in. On entering I saw that the place was packed and the staff rushed off their feet. I was about to leave when a barista clearing up a table asked me if I was looking for something. I told her I may have lost my mobile and was delighted when she said that she had found one and put it safe behind the counter. When she came back with my mobile in her hand I wanted to thank her personally, so I looked at her name card. Her name was Angelina. I hadn’t seen her at the coffee bar before and I haven’t seen her since.

One of the things I have always found so hard to accept about spiritual retreats and gatherings is that everyone looks so serious and earnest. I remember once going to a summer solstice celebration. When I got there almost everybody was wearing black and the ‘celebrations’ consisted of mournful music playing in the background, lectures about the looming threat of global warming and if you didn’t fancy that you could sign up for an impossibly difficult yoga session with a teacher who had had a sense of humour bypass. The only refreshment on offer was watered-down orange juice and rich tea biscuits. I’m not joking! Thankfully, stories like the ones above prove that not only do angels have a sense of humour, they also love to hear the sound of our laughter. They don’t take themselves too seriously and neither should we.

As well as lightening our hearts with laughter and offering gentle messages of comfort, guidance and inspiration to those willing to listen with an open heart and an open mind, angels can intervene more directly in our lives through the healing power of touch. What Kate experienced offers powerful testimony that angels don’t always conform to the stereotypical ‘mystical’ image, complete with wings and white gowns. They can also be extremely practical, direct and hands on.