Most everyone is familiar with this symbol of luck. Each leaf is said to symbolize a different lucky characteristic: 1) Fame, 2) Wealth, 3) Love, 4) Health.
I'd prefer:
1. Love 2. Family 3. Spiritual Wealth 4. Health.
“Luck is believing you're lucky.” (according to Tennessee Williams)
I believe I am lucky. I've got three out of four leaves already covered, and I'm working on the Health one. I've noticed that when I feel lucky, or more accurately - when I feel Grateful - luck seems to find me. Luck, to me, doesn't mean winning a prize or hitting the lottery. It's more of a state of being for me. When I am feeling lucky I am living in the present moment. When I am in the moment I am open to all the beauty available around me. It means my heart is open to receive the love of my family. There have been times, especially recently, that I have not felt this state of openness.
After the last few days, with the signs and messages I've seen from Spirit, I feel very lucky. Very Open. Very Hopeful. When I went in to see my therapist this morning she could see the difference in me right away, and asked what had changed. Physically, not a lot has changed. I'm still having a hard time with my asthma, I even had to increase the prednisone level again. However, my mental state of mind has improved by leap (frogs) and bounds. Once again Faith saves the day. My prayer last week was desperate and tearful...and probably came off as more of a demand. I didn't demand to be *fixed*, I asked for signs of reassurance, I still had faith enough to pray, but my hope was lagging. Faith left me open to look for and see the signs. I don't get a loud booming voice from above saying "Everything will be fine, Patience." Frankly, if I did, it probably would've scared me into an asthma attack, making the whole things counter-productive. Instead I got signs that I recognize. You probably have things that mean something to you, that wouldn't mean anything to me, but the message would be the same.
I encourage everyone to look around their lives at repeating themes, think about what is happening in your life when things keep recurring. Look it up online or in one of the books I've listed on the side. See what the ancients (and the not so ancients) believe your symbol to mean. Does it ring true to you, or does the symbol mean something different to you? Do you think of your deceased father in law every time you see yellow butterflies? Or your paternal grandmother every time you see cardinals? Maybe they are letting you know they are keeping an eye on you from Heaven and send their love. DO certain flowers hold significance to you? I think of my mom when I see a cala lily, it was her favorite flower. It could be anything. Do words in a book seem to leap off of the page, and seem to answer whatever you are pondering? Or a song seem to get louder and you hear something that seems like it is speaking to you directly? Anything that makes your heart stand at attention is worth looking at closely.
In my post about the woman in the red T-Shirt, I said she caught my attention while I was daydreaming. I didn't know why my eyes were drawn to her, but I watched her and then she turned. The "Mom 33" words on her shirt were immediately recognizable as a sign to me. There were A LOT of people there at Tyler's wrestling tournament, so why was I drawn to her in that moment? I think somehow Spirit whispers to our souls and says "watch" or "listen" when we need to pay attention to something.
I feel lucky today. How about you?
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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