Some of you may be aware from
previous posts on my Blogroll that when asked about such matters I describe
myself as a spiritual sort of person.
This because many things have happened in my lifetime for which there seems
to me to be no other explanation – should you wish to read these old posts then
have a ferret around in the first few months of posts. During the last couple of months I seem to
have been more receptive than usual to odd happenings and things not easily
explained away.
Often when I go to the middle
floor of our home but nowhere else I smell Golden Virginia tobacco smoke which
is a little odd as neither of us smoke at all.
That however was the tobacco of choice for my late father which he
smoked for many years. From what I have
been told by several very spiritual friends he is there, I find it very
reassuring and comforting particularly in times of stress.
Recently I sensed that my mother
was around for several days, that is very unusual because she hardly ever does
so but I was more than concerned about a close friend that I was unable to
contact. Her presence was to tell me
that everything was alright and no need to be concerned, suddenly one morning
just after I had got up mother had gone.
Two hours later and much to my relief I received an email from my friend
saying that she had been away for a few days.
Since then Mum has been around several times for a day or so with no
particular intent but just being here.
Several weeks ago I knew that
another very close friend had made a decision that would greatly affect his
life. He had not told about this because
it was two days before it happened with him!
Not only was I aware of that but also knew who the other person involved
was, somewhat remarkable as there was nothing between them before this that
would have given me any clue. Having
thought long and hard about it there was no reason at all for me to think such
a thing. Within the past week I have had
a further premonition that a certain event will happen for them but have no
idea as to when.
There is the question, I suppose,
that does this dubious ability bother me in any way to which the answer is a
resounding ‘No’ because I am comfortable with it and often comforted by
it. It is reassuring to know that there
are guardian angels who have my well being at heart often to the point that I
am unable to pursue a desired course of action.
Example, quite a few times I have been bidding for an item on ebay, my
usual ploy is not to bid almost until the very last moment because I do not
want to inflate bids unnecessarily, a tactic known as sniping. Sometimes I know that I should not really be
contemplating a purchase as it is a luxury or that I should not be spending
resources wastefully, come the last minute or so before the auction ends having
placed a hopefully winning bid the
Internet has crashed or there was a power cut frustrating my intent. Happened too many times to be just a
coincidence ...
On several other occasions I have
been planning to do things perhaps such as going on a short trip when every
single possible obstacle has been placed in my way to frustrate me. One particular instance was outstanding when
I was intending to go away for a weekend that I could not really afford at the
time. Having booked and paid by cheque for
two nights at a hotel the day after the cheque cleared my grandmother was taken
ill, unfortunately she died two days later.
Her funeral was arranged, it was natural that I wished to be there. When?
Ah yes, the second day of my trip.
The hotel was understanding
allowing me to change my reservation for one a few days later. On the evening prior to my envisaged jaunt my
car was badly damaged whilst parked by a rather large truck, happily a good friend
offered to lend me his for a few days.
Having collected the car from my generous donor I set off to return home
late that evening only to be caught up in a police stop and check
roadblock. Requested documents were
produced for inspection by the police officer, unfortunately for me the MoT
certificate had expired by just one day.
The upshot of this was that I was to be charged for driving a vehicle
without a current certificate whilst my friend would be done for aiding and
abetting as well as permitting a vehicle to be used on the public highway
without proper documentation.
Using phone a friend was pointless
in the immediacy as I had charge of his only vehicle and that had been prohibited
from use by the police until a legal MoT certificate was obtained. My journey home perhaps could have been
finished on foot or by public transport, the foot idea was not a brilliant one
because I was about six miles from home, the public transport option was a
non-starter because I had no loose change and my wallet was at home.
Deciding to risk parental
wrath I walked to the nearest public telephone
box to phone my father who, it turned out, had just retired for the night. He was not best pleased but agreed somewhat
testily that he would come and rescue me particularly as by now it was raining
heavily.
Well, that looked like the end of
my proposed short break. At breakfast
the following morning I was offered for the first time ever use of the family
car which I gratefully accepted. Shortly
afterwards I was on my way ... This happy
state of affairs however did not last very long, as I got to the end of the
road the clutch cable broke.
I knew that I should not have
arranged that trip, as I discovered through a spiritual minded friend a little
later as did my late mother, she did not want me to go!
So, you see, apart from my
previous encounters with the spirit world this left me little choice but to
acknowledge such things because logically there were just too many coincidences
on this occasion. Over the years there
have been many instances of outside unaccountable influences in my life, no
doubt there will be more to come ...
