Rose Quartz & how the Universe has my Back (and yours too).

rose quartz at my sister's
One day in an attempt to keep my energy balanced, I placed a chunk of rose quartz in my bag.  It was about the size of half of a brick, and as I picked my bag up, I had to laugh and shake my head at how much it weighed. Certainly there was another way I could symbolically support myself.

I write symbolically because whether or not the rose quartz has the following properties, for me having something that physically embodies the traits I am attracting helps me in this process. Rose quartz is a mothering crystal, especially towards oneself. It's supposedly a calming and reassuring crystal, especially in times of trauma.

But, in a leap of faith, I took the rose quartz out and left it home. I knew that I could remind myself of the balance required to get me through the day, feeling that walking around with a glorified rock in my bag was a bit too much.

Sometime later that day I was in the teacher's conference room.  One of my colleagues alerted me to the fact that I had some visitors. When I walked out I was greeted by two of my 7th grade students. "Here Lesley, we wanted to give you a going away gift," I looked at both of them and was touched. M was one of my favorite students. I loved all my students, but some there was no doubt about the love and when M entered our school in the 7th grade she and I instantly clicked.  M wears her head covered and has one of those bad girl attitudes that lets the guys know not to mess with her.  A, the other student, was recently enrolled in the school and like so many other kids who discovered our school late in their educational careers, fell in love with it. Tall with jet black hair, A and I also immediately clicked when she entered the school.  I was really moved. I hadn't really known these girls, but here they were wanting to give me a going away gift.

I unwrapped the gift carefully and inside the delicate wrapping was the most beautiful rose quartz bracelet. I started laughing. "You girls aren't going to believe this." And I tell them the story of how I wanted to take my rose quartz with me today, but decided not to, had lamented the fact that I didn't have any wearable rose quartz and now viola! The universe delivered it to me in the form of a gift of appreciation from these two fantastic young ladies.
All power to the universe.
Lesley-Ann

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