Operating At Our Best

In post-op this week my nurse asked what kind of coffee I drink. The discussion opener was pretty obvious. I had my travel mug beside me, ready for the moment I had the okay to consume caffeine. I told her the brand, one not well known in most of the US. It was introduced to me by a Cuban friend, I told her. She was diagnosed with brain cancer immediately after my diagnosis. A few months later she died.

Her beautiful singing is silenced. This is one of the gifts she left me. Along with many others.

Earlier as I waited in pre-op another nurse had told me how nervous a patient had been just before I came in. Maybe because I’ve been through the procedure a couple of times I am less concerned.

Maybe because I saw angels everywhere, felt their reassuring presences calming other patients and the staff, I was less concerned for myself.

My main concern was how quickly I could get out and run to the grocery store. Silly me. That superb group had me in and out faster than I could have imagined.

My experience is that our lives run more smoothly when we pay attention to our angels. It’s up to us. We must be willing to listen to the messengers of grace and light. We have to be willing to let good into our lives.

It’s that way with everything.

If we let ourselves, we can fall completely to pieces over money, politics, family or whatever we decide is going to totally ruin our lives.

Is that what you want?

Are you happiest when you are aggravated and unnerved? Or are you willing to invest yourself in the solution?

My friend kept giving right up until her death. She sang. She smiled and laughed. She was involved in the stuff of life.

People like her inspire me.

Who wants to be known for their constant grumbling? For being miserable and trying to make other people miserable, too? It’s a great way to get people to write you off. Don’t do it.

Operate at your best.

Listen to your angels.

Have the guts to be better when you go to bed than you were when you woke up this morning. Be willing to wake up to the best day of your life every morning.

Bills still have to be paid. Faucets will leak. Cakes will fall.

Angels will prevail upon you to accept it as a part of life and move on.

Move forward with your life.

Be bold, daring and courageous.

What if today is the day someone asks you to talk them through a problem? Whether this is at work or in your personal life. If you listen to your angels and venture forward, you have the opportunity to grow as a human being.

Even more, you may help the other person grow

It can be difficult listening to our angels’ encouragement when we are in the middle of turmoil. If I roast the chicken five minutes longer than the recipe dictates, there are still good odds that it will be eaten. If I forget to get the mail, the world will not come to an end. I can allow myself to be upset over matters that are really not terribly important.

The angels will laugh. They will remind me that life goes on. There is no need to sweat the small stuff.

It’s not living my best life.

Reaching out to someone in need is important. Being available to listen with an open soul truly matters.

How often is it more difficult for us to reach out? To ask somebody else for help?

A person who operates at a high level of spiritual awareness allows others in. They are open to receiving a boost as well as giving one.

You may think that life has become increasingly difficult over the last few years. The economy, politics, international affairs, climate change and more have left people feeling uncertain about themselves. The Coronavirus epidemic placed stress and strain on individuals everywhere.

That’s because it’s a choice.

When you are willing to listen to your angels, to dare to open up to your better life, your better life comes in.