Case Study with the Soul Medicine of Patience and Divine Timing

It's so interesting how Divine Timing works! Last week, I just finished recording Episode 14 of Soulful Practices Podcast, and its message was focused on inviting listeners to explore the mystical healing agent of surrendering our attachments to personal timing and preferences and having the patience to trust in Divine Timing.

One of the main aspects I explore in the episode is...

how we can maintain center even in the midst of a storm if we can surrender our stories that if something isn't going according to our plans or desires that means something is "wrong”.

That same night, only a few hours after I finished recording the podcast, I received disappointing news. A publisher, which I was really hopeful would sign my second book, passed on my book project at this time. They were very complimentary of the project overall however, they are looking for authors with a larger platform from what mine currently is.  I knew going in that my current size of my platform is less than their desired numbers, but I felt good about my project and proposal for how I was going to address that wrinkle and believed that together those two items would help them feel good about taking a chance with a lesser known author.    

Oh wow, when I read their email I felt all the things...disappointed, disillusioned, a bit defeated.  As I sat with the realization that for right now my book project was a no for them, I started to feel two old shadow protective parts of me awaken - the Shadow Detective and Harsh Inner Critic.  They wanted to launch me on a whole, you need to know why so you can fix it and get things back on track.  

The Shadow Detective in me wanted to write a whole story that somehow something went wrong energetically and I needed to figure it out so that it didn’t happen again.  “Why had they not picked up the book?  Where did I have parts of me blocking a yes? What do I need to clean up so that I clear a path to a yes?”  

The Inner Critic was trying to write a story of confusion and self-doubt. 

“Had I got it wrong when I felt really good about the contact?  Did I just project that they were really interested or that they would not find my platform size an issue?”

Ugh, my shadow protectors were getting off the bench and ready to grab the wheel from me and drive me straight off a cliff into believing that my second book, let alone the next two I have in the works, were dead and will never happen.  I might as well put down my writing pen and go back to the status quo way of working.  

However, thank goodness for Divine Timing!  The very same teachings I just shared in the podcast came forward and tapped me on my shoulder.

I felt a little cheeky smile from my Wise One Self and heard her invite me into a sacred pause,  “Stop searching for a reason why, it is a misuse of your energy and time. Instead, embrace the choices you have going forward.  If there are blocks to having your work seen, engage with those doubts or fears as you have them in present time as you willingly open to new options.  Call back your power and let go of what was so you can be with what is.”

I had to laugh! I was literally hearing the very same advice and teachings that I had just recorded a few hours early coming back to support and guide me now.  And wow were those words right!  I might never know why and for what purpose I felt guided to submit to that publisher or why they reached back out initially with interest.  I don’t know what gems were created in me from following that guidance, even though the outcome didn’t match what I was hoping for.  What I know for sure is that I did receive Divine inspiration and help to do so and that is my only responsibility - to follow my guidance and to release my attachments to the results of what will happen when I follow that guidance.  

My Wise One Self is correct...

if moving forward, I stay fixated on why that choice didn’t work out the way I personally wanted, I would be hemorrhaging energy.  My focus would be on past pains and disappointments, potentially causing me to second guess and miss out on new opportunities that would be a better fit for the project and myself.  

I let my Wise One Self and team know that I heard them and I agreed.  I am willing to embrace the no as a sacred part of Divine TIming.  I am willing to open to the Soul Medicine of Patience to help me stay the course, keeping my field open to new possibilities and options that I might not even know about yet.  

Once I worked through that moment, I was struck by the awe of how once again the perfect support and comfort I needed in a shaky moment was right there.  Grace was present to help me remember to pause, process, and accept the pivot that I needed to take to maintain inner balance.  Having those teachings of that episode so fresh helped me to not end up in a massive self-sabotage and victim story.  I thought I was channeling that episode of Soulful Practices to help support others in times of disappointment and confusion and while that hopefully is true, it was also the perfect support I needed!  

Support and grace really is always available to us if we can be open to it!  

And as cheesy as it sounds, with Divine Timing so often a no, something that feels like a disappointment, or that we perceive as a delay or problem is actually a blessing and Divine set up for the perfect door that is waiting for the perfect timing.  

If you find a door closing that parts of you were hoping would be open to you, take this as your little sign and support from the Universe to keep on engaging in your dreams and your only job is to keep saying yes to your guidance!

To check out the full messages that helped me re-engage and trust in Divine Timing after a moment of disappointment check out Episode 14 of Soulful Practices Podcast - Adopting the Pace of Nature.

Listen/Watch on Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/cMjObBr2XLb
Listen/Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MULN8wTbCX0

Offering light, love, and Joy!
Michelle 

PS - Thank you for the love and support I can feel coming from you as you read this!  I 100% know that the books will find their way into form!  Update that within the following two days of writing this blog, exciting ways to bring them into life are already in the works so stay tuned for more information as the options come into form!   

Here’s to the next chapters and embracing the opportunities that are already working their way forward 🙂!