A Revelation on Cruise Control

We're familiar with people setting goals living out their dreams. Whether it’s a thorough business plan or an item checked off a bucket list, we want to fulfill our destiny following our path.

Everyone has a different path. We all have our stories. I’d like to share mine.

Looking back I realize that I’ve always wanted to learn more and just be happy. A simple approach maybe, but not easy. It took courage for me to trust this process.

Some years ago, I worked retail while looking for my next serious job. Close to home and wearing jeans seemed like a comfortable place to work for a while.

I let go of a facade of contentment of working happily in an office. I just didn’t fit in.

While at work one day, I struck up a conversation with the phone operator in a busy room. A fellow employee took the opportunity to massage my shoulders, probably noticed that I was tense. I said thanks.

Much to my surprise, a clear strong voice echoed a message that I will never forget. ‘You got the hands for this’!

Looking around to see if anyone else heard the same voice I did, it then dawned on me that this was a message for me.

I reluctantly made a pact with God. He brought me this awareness so He will have to work out the details. And I let it go. Simple but not easy.

I was challenged to trust something that I had no control over. No clue.

I never received or given a massage and my bank account didn’t support this opportunity that I’ve been given.

My dream was not to be a massage therapist. Remember I just wanted to be happy. Everything seemed to unfold like a well-written success story.

People started showing up to help me along my journey. A friend encouraged me to check into a massage school. When I walked into the door, I confidently signed up without understanding why. Money suddenly appeared in my depleted account. Everything seemed to be working out for my highest good.

The whole process was unfolding like a well-planned business goal. I can clearly see that my job was to listen and follow the next right thing. It felt like I was on automatic cruise control.

Things started to happen quickly. Later I was asked to teach massage & theory in school.

One day a friend suggested I read a magazine article on deep tissue technique, it was then I discovered Indian Head Massage. After becoming a practitioner, I discovered my passion to teach and created workshops for continuing education for therapists.

It’s a fascinating story how this all came together because I wasn’t in charge of any of it. No knowledge or experience, no childhood dream. It makes me wonder what else I could accomplish when I surrender. Let go and let God.

Since 2007, I have been teaching numerous workshops across my home state Missouri. I am fulfilling a dream of traveling while teaching workshops in Florida and California. I meet incredible people all the time.

A dream come true.