Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Dear Michele, It’s the Universe…

The title, a term that my friend and business coach Thomas Anderson shared with me as I was sharing with him. Based on letters of the military phonetic alphabet, used also by pilots of which Tom was one, it’s is a euphemistic substitution for what the f**k. Am I saying this as the Universe responds? Or is the Universe saying this to me to finally get it? A combo of both :).

This article is in response to the article I wrote asking The Universe for some insight on what will be the NEW normal I have been hearing about. How through what we are experiencing right now at this time, will shift our lives as we return to our lives.

I wrote about missing physical touch and the importance of it in different ways. Along with physical connections and freedom.

I admire all the creative writers I am surrounded with on Illumination. Wonderful, daily stories sharing views and insights. Making me think, laugh, learn, dream.

I write every other day — looking for my flow. I never know what I am going to write about until just before I start. I go about doing whatever I need to do prior and reach out to a higher power to give me an idea of what to share.

I set the intention: What am I to share today — and here’s how today’s article unfolded…

The You Can Heal Your Life Summit for Hay House just started. It’s free and I hope you will check out. Each day there are choices of webinars. I was choosing who I would to listen to today, knowing my time is limited. I chose a speaker I have heard of, John Holland, but have not really listened to before.

His topic, Ways Your Soul Secretly Communicates with You, sparked my interest. I slip into my morning bath, deciding to add Epsom salts and soak a bit. I set my timer for 20 minutes and began to listen.

I so agree with the view of many that we are all souls having a human experience. And we are more connected when we are younger, before we start school. Then ego, other’s beliefs, our minds — life starts pulling us away.

How do we reconnect, hear that voice inside? That inner guidance, our soul or the Universe speaking to us? It’s a small quiet voice that if we don’t pay attention gets louder and louder — until we hit a wake up call.

How can we hear it? Others have shared the same ways that John has: Through dreams, intuition, synchronicity and wake up calls.

I’m listening, nothing I haven’t heard before, but enjoying the way he is presenting. John starts talking about dreams. He shares to have paper and pen by your bed so that you can write down anything that you remember, even if it doesn’t make sense. Or if you can’t remember, how you feel — before your feet hit the floor, as then you will start to forget.

As he shares an example of a woman’s dream, I start thinking if this is what I should be writing today. Sharing about our souls and connecting.

John tells a story regarding a woman who had a dream about a thousand ants on all her towels. This woman ponders what this means and then she realizes that she hasn’t heard about her Aunt Terry in awhile. She calls her mother and asks if she’s had any contact. Long story short, it turns out that two days prior, her Aunt Terry had a stroke and had been laying on her bathroom floor praying for help…

As I am blown away by this story and feeling compelled that I should share, the timer on my phone goes off — twenty minutes is up.

As I hit the button to continue listening to John, as the timer paused him, a song plays instead. I have a NEW phone and the only music loaded (automatically) is U2, which I haven’t looked into yet. My son says it’s a NEW album, I don’t know any of the songs. There’s no reason it should play, yet it does:

Somebody stepped inside your soul…somebody stepped inside your soul…

“Trouble” one of their songs and the song starts with those words…

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — Me to Universe. Wow!

I’m listening about ways our soul communicates, and this song starts playing?! A sign that I should be writing not only what I heard John share about connection, but to share that particular story.

Someone needed to or needs to hear the story about dreams — is it you??

As I continued to listen about connecting with our soul, John shared how intuition is another way. That gut feeling. We all are intuitive, we just might not be connecting with it. Have you ever had a feeling about someone that you couldn’t ignore. Walk into a room and notice it’s energy? Thoughts pop into your head or you feel compelled to do something. The sixth sense.

Then there’s synchronicity. We are all energy and what vibe we put out, we receive back. Like attracts like. It’s thinking about an old friend and out of the blue they call you. Some will call it coincidence, that it’s chance or luck, while others, like myself, believe in synchronistic events. Everything happens for a reason — there is a deeper intelligence at work.

You may or may not believe in this or understand — I’m not trying to sway anyone. Or debate. I’m just sharing a message that many others share. And if you are reading this far, I feel you share it too, or are at least open to it.

I can’t help but think of how our founder of Illumination Dr Mehmet Yildiz, subtitled our publication using Diversity, Synergy, Fusion, Serendipity. To me, Dr. Yildiz is a catalyst that has taken a diverse group of people, fused us in a (fabulous) community, where we are more powerful together, and connected in a way where we are creating something valuable and interesting…

…And just at the time we were entering SIP, Illumination was created and we were brought together. I’ve read a few others share that no other publication is as supportive as our’s…serendipitous (a pleasant surprise) but also synchronistic (meaningful coincidences).

Were we not meant to be together at this time??

The last way our soul connects with us is through wake up calls. As an example, I shared how I was with my ex for 29 years. We had good times and then not so good. We were growing apart. I was feeling stuck…I was longing for something more…I was hoping that we could fix things…reconnect…Deep down I feared we couldn’t. And then my life blew up — the wake up call, calling me to go within.

And today it came to me, my answer from the Universe:

Dear Michele,

We understand how you miss physical touch and the physical connections to others. Right now your world is in a time that’s been slowed — a time of isolation. You were all so busy — too busy…distracted…

…This is a time for people to get in touch with themselves…

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — Universe to me. Haven’t we sent you other signs??

The Universe has been showing me through signs that what is happening right now in this world is a wake up call. And today’s message is further confirmation. I realize many are suffering now — I’m not making light of this situation, but looking to bring light to this situation.

Our world is not working in so many ways. I’m not here to get political, we all know there are issues and I’ll leave it at that. We are in a historic time.

We can’t control what is happening, we can only control ourselves and how we respond. How do we take control of ourselves? By going within…

…Connecting with our souls. Tuning into our hearts. Not just being ruled by our ego and our mind — going deeper. We all have thoughts or hunches and may wonder if we should follow through. John said when in doubt ask, “Is this coming to me or from me?” I Love that! If it’s to me, it’s divine guidance, if it’s from me it’s the mind and ego.

I shared this in another article, the metaphor for the times we are in:

Locked inside — so that we can go inside.

Locked inside — so that we can unlock what is inside

Do you want to go back to the life you’ve had? Are there changes you’d like to make? Are there changes you’re afraid to make? It doesn’t mean action needs to be taken right away…take steps — even if they’re baby steps.

To go within. John Holland’s webinar shared steps as to how we can.

I want to thank Selma for inspiring me to create a follow up article, as she commented to my article Dear Universe. She shared in part: “Let us know the response. Though I feel the Universe must be getting lots of mail these days. Well. If you receive a reply. Let us know…”

And I want to thank all of you, my friends, in Illumination for sharing this time with me! The people I have bonded with, and those I have yet to bond with. I smile when I see your names and enjoy your articles! And I send you love every day.

I feel this is also a time when we are touching each other with our words…

I also want to include an article from Dr Mehmet Yildiz, as I love Epsom salts!

Until next time ~

Sending you light, love — a call to listen to the signs :).

Be Well,