A simple holiday story... and a wonderful reminder!

Friday, December 17, 2010

By Stacy Mobley, MPH, ND Student (SCNM)

This is a simple Holiday travel story, and a wonderful reminder.

While my main task here is to write about the vital and healing aspects of whole food nutrients this story reminded me there are many more vital nutrients in our lives that are simply unobservable by any scientific equipment.

This is a simple story of faith, hope and timing…

Tessa made it to the airport terminal for her flight after a long wait at self check-in kiosk to drop off her bag. This reminded her why she usually packs “carry on” only. She ended up having to hurry if she hoped to make her flight.

As she dashed by the great windows looking out to planes on the runway she couldn’t help but wonder, what if the Wright Brothers decided not to trust their inner inspiration to attempt to build a plane? This miracle of flight reminded Tessa of Alice’s Dad, in the classic, Alice in Wonderland; when he urges that the only way to make the impossible possible is to first believe that it is possible!

As timing would have it, Tessa’s flight was delayed 4 hours. Needing some form of entertainment to pass the time she fished for her earphones in her bag without success. A walk down to the busy little shop 5 minutes away was in order.

Halfway there, she realized that she forget her wallet. Can’t buy earphones without money, right!? Well, something told her to continue to the store, anyway. Tessa thought this inner inclination was a bit “strange” but she decided to listen as she did have four hours to burn and could always make another trip. She arrived at the store to find the cheapest set of earphones were $25.00.

Disappointed, Tessa decided to ask the cashier for the hidden stash of “normal” priced earphones. The cashier politely stated no such stash existed, and continued to scan the items of a customer she was assisting.

As Tessa left the store a woman yelled “wait!” Unaware this woman was calling for her, Tessa continued to walk away, only to make a screeching halt at the command wait! The woman said, “I have a pair of earphones somewhere in my purse that you can have… I knew there was a reason why I bought the darn things with me today.” She fished around in her purse and kindly passed over a new set of headphones still in the package. Delighted and touched, Tessa gave her the biggest hug. Tessa didn’t need her wallet after all; and if she had it she didn’t have enough to buy even a reasonably priced set. Tessa recognized that had she ignored an inner prompting, she would have missed this moment.

We may not always think that we have everything we need in order to trust an idea, intuition, or next step in life, although we must. A synchronistic and warm encounter at the airport pales in comparison to the magnitude of the Wright Brothers courage to take the first steps to follow an inner inspiration; but it is a great reminder! We owe it to ourselves and our fellow world to have faith to take the next steps we’re inspired to take in life, even though we don’t quite understand how things will work out.

Happy Holidays to each and every one of you!

posted by Innate Response at

9:56 AM

A simple holiday story... and a wonderful reminder!

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