Ask and You Receive

“He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.” Cameroon Proverb

My friend and I talked about what’s next for him. His story is, indeed, part of history. Years ago, he easily earned a million a year in the entertainment industry. Then his head and heart alignment about his work went out of alignment and he walked away with no regrets. On the morning of September 11, 2001, he’d just crossed from Manhattan into Brooklyn unaware of what was happening at the site of the Twin Towers until his car was engulfed in smoke and dust as he exited the tunnel. He turned his car around and spent the next two weeks at the site, helping in any way he could. This included being there when part of a structure collapsed onto fire fighters. He helped move debris and dragged a couple of them to safety. Still coping a few months later with his experiences of that time, his mother who he was very close to, died. His father had passed on previously.

Post Traumatic Stress and health issues took hold, and the next several years involved treatment and recovery while he attempted to maintain a job and relationships. We lost touch for a while and I contacted everyone we knew in common to find out how and where he was. He eventually reappeared.

As we spoke recently, I could once again hear the strong, creative, caring person I know him to be. But it’s been a rugged road he’s traveled and he’s at a crossroads. Our discussion covered the importance of being disce
ing about the stories we tell ourselves, comments and judgments we make without attention to how they may impact what we attract into our lives; and, we spoke of how we become like the people we associate with and how to arrive at What’s Next. I reminded him that the step we have to focus on is the next one, then the next, until we get where we’re going An unfortunate effect of the “system’s” assistance to him, has placed him in a situation where his return to his current job was delayed and the domino effect of running out of money is playing out in his life. I shared my three-day question/answer tool with him that I’ve used for years.

When I feel unsure about what’s next, I tell the larger consciousness I’m an expression of, that I need to Know, that I expect an answer within three days. Inevitably, within that three-day period, I get my answer. However, a key part of this is to let the question go and trust (know) the answer is on it’s way to me because I’m open to receive. The parallel is that a closed hand (or mind) cannot hold water. As simplistic as this may sound in light of what he’s going through, he emailed me the next day to say potential, temporary solutions were coming to him and he was taking action.

As I said, this time has been a challenge for him unlike what most of us ever have to deal with. He said it’s brought him to a point where he’s ready to reclaim his personal power and recreate his life as he intends. It’s a rebirth for him, a phoenix rising from the ashes. I, for one, am most eager to see where he goes from here.