I believe there are people in this world who have genuine psychic abilities. I don't know if there are many, but I definitely think there are some. A few weeks ago a friend of mine went to a local psychic for a reading and she told me that the woman was so ON about so many things, that I thought I should pay this woman a visit.
Now, I must say that I was about 10 minutes late for my reading and I was rushed and a bit unfocused when I walked in. I sat down and the woman, Natalia, told me to relax and concentrate on the main question I had in mind. After a few moments, she told me that I am stuck in a rut and thinking of making a big change. This change will require a complete change of life: instead of staying home and raising my son, I will put him in daycare and go back to school to learn some entirely new field. Whatever I'm doing now is just not working for me and I need to do something about it.
OK! So... as far as I know, this is completely and utterly untrue -- I don't feel like I'm in a rut or need something new at all. But, I like to keep an open mind, so I thought, "Well, maybe I am in a rut and just haven't recognized it yet. Let's hear what else she has to say." So, I smiled and nodded and the woman continued her reading.
The next thing she told me was that my husband was having an "affair of the heart" with someone -- that it hadn't become physical yet, but it would soon if I didn't start giving him more attention and affection. I was STUNNED!!! Holy cow!!! Here I was, thinking I had a great and strong marriage to a faithful man, and she drops this bomb on me... I wanted to throw up!!! What? Who?? When???
As I was processing this, she began talking about a 'dark place' in my house that needed to be lightened up. Now, I live in a house with nine sliding glass doors, giant windows everywhere and TONS of light, so at first glance, this seemed highly unlikely. BUT: There are no windows in our closets... They have lights in them, of course, but they are really the only 'dark' places we have. The lights we have are sufficient, though, so I wasn't sure where to go with that info... Maybe this was metaphorically speaking and it's not really dark, just a place of darkness...? (Keep in mind, my friend had such a great experience with this woman that I was practically pre-programmed to believe everything she said,so I made a mental note to see if I could find a dark placewhen I got home.)
After that, Natalia went on to tell me that my son will eventually be in the entertainment industry (the one place I PRAY he doesn't want to be), that I will retire to Florida someday (a place I've been to exactly once, and where I've vowed NEVER to return, because of the bugs and the humidity), and that my mother, a real "go-getter" who can't stay still for long, has a problem with her leg and will soon be in a wheelchair. (My mom has back problems and is addicted to painkillers, but as far as I know, there is not a thing wrong with her leg. Also, this "go-getter" sits on her porch all day long smoking cigarettes.)
At the end of the reading, Natalia said that she was feeling some extremely negative energy coming from me and that she could cleanse my aura -- for NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS. At that point, a little voice in my head said, "Aha! She's one of those scam artist psychics you hear about, who offer to remove curses from you and continue to have them give you all of your money until you are dead broke and living on the streets." I smiled and told her I'd think about it, and I left.
SO: Here's the funny thing. I KNOW she was wrong and just making stuff up. Maybe she "tuned in" to my friend, but she sure didn't with me. She was so wrong about EVERYTHING, you'd think I'd be able to shrug it off . But, there is still a part of me that wonders if she's right! Maybe I am in a rut and don't know it! How do you know if you're in a rut but you don't realize it? CAN you be in a rut without knowing it??? Who knows? Maybe my husband IS having an 'affair of the heart' and maybe, somehow I will retire to Florida someday... Maybe it's ALL TRUE!!! (Even as I write this, my mind yells out, "It's not true! Everything she said was completely off-base and wrong!" and then my other mind says, "I dunno... everything she told Mary was true..." And the argument continues: "Well, you weren't exactly a good client, walking in all rushed and discombobulated like that -- even a great psychic might have a hard time getting a good read on you in that state..." But, still, I wonder...
POST SCRIPT: I try and take a nap every day. When I do this, I close the blackout drapes in my bedroom, which makes it a DARK PLACE. In the past few days, two DARK things have happened in my bedroom. 1) I stepped on a tack and it went all the way into my heel. 2) I opened the plastic holder which had my old mercury thermometer in it -- the thermometer inside had broken and a drop of mercury spilled out. (This is supposed to be REALLY BAD -- I followed the EPA's regulations for clean-up and I'm sure everything's fine, but still...) Now I'm just waiting for the phone call that my Mom has a problem with her leg and will be in a wheelchair, and I'm making sure to have extra "quality time" with hubby, just in case!
