It’s Not Supposed to Look Like This!

You have plans… You know exactly what you want… you precisely made these plans…. and you know exactly what you want to happen. I’m thinking you at sometime have felt like this… Yes?

Well me too — And… I also teach and I live… When you know what you want – let go of the way it will happen. The Universe does not always get us to where we want on the roads we think should take us.

I teach and I live – Stay open to all the possibilities and opportunities that come to you.

I did say I live this… Yes?

Well I do… and this week I have definitely fine-tuned this way of living….

I’ll explain:
This coming Saturday, March 13th – Carol and I will be boarding the Holland America Eurodam. This is a Caribbean Cruise with Abraham. For me…. it doesn’t get much better than this! 

We have been on 2 cruises with Abraham and we always have a fantastic time! So in August, 2009 – we decided let’s do it again! We sat at the computer and made our reservations…. As we were filing in all the info we both talked about how much we loved the room we had at the last cruise we went on in 2006. We had a Verandah room in the back of the ship and the view was spectacular. So we picked the type room we wanted and in the comment section we noted we wanted the back of the ship. (At least we thought we did…..)

That was in August…. Through the last several months we received some communication about the cruise… I know we did cause we paid the bills! And all during this time we are living our lives… doing our thing… enjoying our days… A few weeks ago there were more travel plans to make – First to book any excursions we wanted when we would be at the ports… OK did that. Next book the hotel in Florida for the night before we board – another hotel for a few days after we come back – a rental car for those days….Check / Check / Check.

Everything is Set and We are Leaving in One Week….

Just this past Friday I’m sitting here at the computer aware that in 1 week we will be on our way… So I think – Gee I never looked at what deck we are on…. I open up the Holland America website and at the same time open up the file that the travel agency sent us with all our info. We received that file a few weeks before but I had never opened it before…

I note the cabin number…. then start looking at the floor plan of the ship…. I’m looking for this number at the back of the ship – I’m checking all the decks… Hmmm I’m not finding it? And then I sure do see our cabin number…. it is on the side of the ship! The side of the ship?! We are supposed to be in the back of the ship! This can not be right! OK – No big deal – I’ll call and get this straightened out….

I make the call and get a voice mail… I leave a message. One hour later – no call back yet … and I am getting a little antsy… I keep telling myself - this is no big deal – this will all get straightened out…. This time before I dial I set my intention – This is going to all work out AOK…. Now I make the call… First number I call I get that voice mail again – so I dial the next number I have – this person answers… (I’m not going to give names here or even if I spoke to male or female – this story is about me – not about any of these people)

I explain the situation and I am told the cruise ship is over booked and that is where our cabin is and there is nothing they can do about it. OK – I am starting to get a little annoyed now…. Well I need to speak to someone who can help me… I’m put on hold and another person gets on the phone… This person starts off a bit abrupt… then gets more than a bit abrupt! Now I promise you I am not being peaches & cream at this point…. though I am nowhere near the zone this person is at… And at the same time I have this thought in my head … How the %$# am I matching this vibration?

This is good as at least I am not ripping this person’s head off ( I promise you years ago I could have and would have! ). All during this I am aware – somehow I am matching these vibrations….

At one point this person tells me they have our original sign up and there is nothing noted in the comment section. Remember I said Carol and I noted in that section we wanted the back of the ship…  I was upset by how this was said to me… as it sure sounded like I was being called a liar. Though I do remember thinking…. it is possible the comment section didn’t go through…. So did we or didn’t we make that comment? It doesn’t really matter does it? Carol and my reality is that we did… And this other person’s reality is that we didn’t! 

This not so nice person again told me there was nothing that could be done…. Kinda preached at me a little and made some remark that it would be noted we wanted the back if anything changed… We then hung up the phone.

Dazed….

I sat there dazed for a moment — felt myself dip way down for a mini-second and then bounced right back up again… I walked into the living room and felt as though I wanted to call the owner of the agency. I’ve met this person as we have booked 2 other times with them … but I don’t know them nor would they know me…. but I had this urge to make the call. It was a gut feeling….

I picked the phone up – as I was dialing – the thoughts running through my head were about finding the opportunity in this situation…. I was not filled with anger… The person answered – and said how are you? Hmmm I was OK! and said so… I also explained what happened… Now this person was an utter joy to speak with. Understanding … human … humorous … upbeat … I was laughing … we were laughing ….  I do remember thinking Well I match this vibration too!

The ship was still overbooked and our cabin is still on the side …. but I was told to come find them when we board cause they owe us a Big Hug! 

I sat down after all of this and started to laugh… Yes truly laugh…. In the beginning of all of this I was thinking what is wrong with my vibration that I would match this happening to us… Obviously I had deemed this was a bad situation! But… What if … What If our vibrations are so good… that the Universe is gathering all the cooperative components together to give us an extraordinary experience! … And to have that extraordinary experience we need to be on the side of the ship??!!

Then I remembered what I teach and what I want to live everyday:

“It is not my job to tell the Universe how to do it’s job! Because something doesn’t look like we think it should … that does not mean it isn’t happening! How many times did I state something wasn’t working – which probably was – and given up on it.. because it wasn’t happening the way I thought it should?! I do not need to be micro-managing the Universe! My job is to have the desires… go with the flow… follow my inspiration… and enjoy the journey!”

Is This Frivolous?

I know some of you might be thinking… well Ellie you are on the ship aren’t you? Yeah… I get it…     And this has also given me another level of how to continually be aware that I always have the choice to see any situation as an opportunity or as a problem.

Much More….

I got big Ah Hahs from this situation….

• In the midst of the not so pleasant conversation… I was always aware that I was matching the vibration. I was taking responsibility…
• When I dipped down – what happened was I almost started to cry… Years ago I would cry when I was terribly frustrated or angry – in other words when I was feeling powerless. This actually started to happen… and that level was so foreign to me – I bounced right back up without any deliberate thoughts on my part! What that really says is my habits of thought have changed… and now it is a habit for me to be in the better feeling places. What a joy that was to have that experience!
• Because all through this I was taking responsibility without judgment – I followed my gut feeling and made that call to the owner … That was a delightful experience! And I truly will seek out this person when we get on board and get my Big Hug!
• I set the intention that this will all work out AOK… And I do believe it has!
• Now.. I am even more excited about this cruise! I have no idea why we are on the side of the ship… but I am sure it is for a super reason… and I am totally willing to experience these opportunities!  

It is supposed to look like this… cause – “what is” – is … I have the choice to see the “what is” as a detriment or a Stunning Opportunity. When I choose Opportunity… the rewards keep coming and coming!

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"There are No Mistakes..... Only Discoveries!" ^TM ~ Ellie Walsh

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