A few weeks ago, I went to see my acupuncturist for for abdominal cramps that had been irritating me for a few days. My stomach felt constricted, tied in little knots. Maybe I’d eaten too much heavy food and needed more exercise.
Lying on the table, I listened to the gentle music with needles in my feet for grounding and a couple in my tummy and wondered why she had put needles in my right hand and not my left. An image came to me of a boat on the water. The acupuncture table became the boat. A parcel of trash floated by and I reached into the water and picked it up. I saw myself carrying the trash around wondering what to do with it. Then, back on the table/boat, I imagined a trash can to my left, physically reached over, and held the trash over the side.
“Just let it go,” came the voice. So I opened my hand and released the trash.
As my mind came fully back into the room, I thought about how much stuff I need to let go of, like the issues that belong to my grown up ADULT children, the clutter in my parents’ house which belongs to me now that they’re gone, and all my own clutter, both physical and mental…. The list goes on.
I moved my left hand, the one left free of needles, over my belly as if gathering whatever I needed to let go of. Then I carried it to the left of the table and let it go on the floor beside me shaking my hand a little. I did this a few more times, saying, “Let it go.” Then, I held my open hand out to the left to receive whatever gifts God wanted to give me.
Let Go
Let Go
Let Go
Receive.
That day, I fasted with water, apple juice, coconut water, and vegetable broth. In the afternoon, I meandered in my back yard and did some lite yoga. I felt something on my right hand thinking it might be the first mosquito bite of the year. But it was a lady bug walking on my right hand, the one that had the needles in it that morning. It seemed like the lady bug was biting me. But then I realized it felt more like tiny electrical impulses moving in my hand as if the lady bug activated remnants of the acupuncture. I took the lady bug to a tree branch. It climbed briefly, then flew away.
I’m feeling much better now, but years of experience have taught me that letting go is an ongoing process. Maybe this song will be a reminder, along with lady bugs.
I borrowed the picture of the girl on the boat from Pixabay
May 24, 2018 at 10:02 am
I never saw Frozen.
May 24, 2018 at 2:03 pm
I finally watched it with my granddaughter who is 6 and knows ALL the songs.
May 25, 2018 at 8:07 am
Ah! Such freedom…yes?
What a great experience. Letting go is so important and your vision so clearly tells us why! We let go AND MAKE ROOM for gifts from our Creator!!
Hope you have a super wonderful Memorial Day Weekend 💜💜
May 25, 2018 at 5:11 pm
Exactly! We make room for the gifts. Thanks, Lorrie. I hope you have a great weekend, too! ❤ ❤
May 25, 2018 at 11:49 pm
I just love this post. You know I do.
May 26, 2018 at 11:01 am
Thanks, Joey. I enjoyed writing it. And living it! I just love visions and ladybugs in the same day. Then finding that pictures to go with it. I’m very glad you loved it with me. 🙂
May 26, 2018 at 12:21 pm
Wow this is really imtresting
May 26, 2018 at 12:26 pm
Thanks. I thought so to. It was an unusual experience, but ended in delight with the lady bug.
May 26, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Exactly 👍 kuddoos to ur imagination skills ✌👍
May 26, 2018 at 12:30 pm
Thank you!
May 26, 2018 at 10:21 pm
Very cool read 🙂
May 26, 2018 at 11:14 pm
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
May 26, 2018 at 11:33 pm
I did !…:)… I do acupressure at home.. someday may try the accupuntucture… I find it fascinating 🙂
May 27, 2018 at 12:30 am
It is! For most of my life, I’ve been afraid of “needles.” But I like my practitioner and these needles are so tiny, I hardly notice them. I don’t do acupuncture often, but always feel a nice energy when I leave. I should look into acupressure more.
May 27, 2018 at 1:12 am
Again… very cool 🙂
May 27, 2018 at 9:06 pm
Thanks. 🙂