Often, when I travel I have things planned ahead of time to avoid most challenging surprises. But this trip I decided to let Source be my travel guide and take things as they came. The first few days down with my daughter weren’t without challenges, but for the most part, we were satisfied with the way things unfolded, in spite of long days of driving. The night before her drop off, I sat on the floor of our hotel trying to figure out my travel plans for the next week or so. At least a rough idea. But after over an hour of mapping out different routes and ideas for where to stay/what to do, I was tired and wasn’t having any luck. So I closed my computer, said a little prayer to Source for guidance, and went to bed.
The next morning, I opened my computer and immediately found a place for the night at the Rancho Manãna Resort in Cave Creek; an adorable little old-west town in the middle of Arizona. To be honest, I wasn’t paying that much attention to the details of the place – it felt right, looked nice and it was in the area I had wanted to be in. I didn’t think about it again until after I had moved my daughter into her new apartment, explored Tempe a little then headed to my lodging.
As soon as I walked into the fabulous two-bedroom villa I had booked, I knew it was where I was supposed to stay. The space is beautifully appointed in Southwestern style, complete with a fully equipped kitchen, two huge bedrooms and a spa bathroom. I immediately booked two more nights. I was even more thrilled to discover that the pools and hot tubs were open, though social distancing is encouraged and the disinfecting protocols enhanced. After settling in to my room, I went down for a soak to ease the tension of several days of travel from my muscles and mind, incredibly grateful to sit in hot water in nature, but the experience was so much greater than a soak. I wish I could somehow send the sound of the cicadas whirring in the early evening light; unearthly to this Washingtonian, transcendent. I wonder what they sing – and if it’s to each other or just because?
A light breeze ripples the palm fronds, desert willows, and palo verde trees overhanging the rock pool where I sit soaking. Bats swoop and circle overhead, catching mosquitoes and the small flies that seem to be everywhere down here. Occasionally, little sand-colored lizards skitter across the warm stones around the blue pools, and tiny black ants moving at a frenetic pace race across my skin when the water becomes too warm to sit in. How does time move for such a small, speedy creature?
Eventually, the heat becomes too much and I slowly make my way back to my villa, enjoying the stroll past native cacti and palm trees, feeling blessed and loved by the Universe to have had this perfect evening. I believe that this experience has been perfect because I gave my worry over, asked for the best possible outcome, and had faith that things would unfold perfectly. When we have faith in those we love, those we love usually come through for us. Think of how much greater our outcome when we have faith in something so much greater.🥰. Much love, friends.💖
This Blessed Sacred Life 