The Place of Wonder

Becoming aware and discovering the unseen in plain sight

The Place of Wonder

Did this happen because I focused on what I was inspired by?

Was this the Law of Attraction?

As a life coach, I ponder about these questions. I continually look for more evidence of what is actually happening in the unseen world that we live in.

I worked as a live-in carer in the UK for two years, looking after elderly people in their homes. I was watching TV one evening and a documentary came on about a man exploring the mountains in Ireland. He was with a Parks guide and was on the top of a mountain looking down on the valley below which was covered by heavy low cloud. As the rising sun shone behind him, he and his guide saw a beautiful, very unusual phenomenon that he had heard about and had always wanted to see – a Brocken Spectre! There in front of him, above the clouds below, was a circular rainbow, a halo, and in the centre were the shadows of two people. As he lifted his arms, so did the arms of the one shadow. The shadows belonged to him and his guide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocken_spectre

I was fascinated. It had the appearance of visitors from heaven - the brightly coloured rainbow suspended in mid-air surrounding these two figures that moved. So unexpected and so unknown. So magnificent and beautiful – glorious. The man was visibly moved and full of gratitude at seeing something that he had wanted to experience for a long time.

Did this happen because deep down he longed for it? Was he attracting something that was important and meaningful to him?

I phoned my husband, Pete, and told him. I told my children and anyone else that I thought might be interested. It became meaningful to me. There was a message here somehow. None of the people I spoke to knew anything about a Brocken Spectre and it was so very special.

A couple of months later I got a job on the island of Jersey (Channel Islands) and, during my breaks, Pete and I would go for walks and explore the island cliffs. We did this for a few months and one day as we stood on a cliff looking at the sea below, clouds moved in and covered our view of the sea and the area of land behind and below us. We watched the clouds and enjoyed the sun shining on our backs. And then, there in the clouds, a spectacular, colourful, circular rainbow appeared with two shadows in the centre of it – belonging to Pete and I! I was ecstatic and could hardly believe my eyes. What a privilege to be there at that perfect time to experience this wonderful interactive miracle of nature. We waved our arms, jumped up and down and moved around – and so did the shadows - surrounded by a halo of bright colours and light. What absolute joy, what excitement!

I asked some locals in Jersey, and people we met on our cliff walks, if they had ever seen this amazing sight. None of them had seen it or even heard of the phenomenon.

Like the man on the mountains in Ireland who had wanted to see a Brocken Spectre, did I also have this rare experience because it was something meaningful to me, something I had really thought about and focused on? How does it all work? Do we attract and get what we focus on? This experience says to me that we do.

Anything is possible. I believe that we do get what our hearts desire because that is part of who we are, who we have been created to be. Our God, whoever we conceive Him to be, has planted these desires in our hearts, so that He can bless us and give us the desires of our hearts.

What have you longed for but put aside because you have thought it could never happen? What is it that fills you with excitement but seems unattainable to you? What is the “Brocken Spectre” that you would love to see?

What is your part in bringing your wishes into your life? You look for them within, you rekindle them within and then you feed the fire. You do whatever you can and you don’t lose sight of that dream until it is yours. You focus and work on it, refine and perfect it. No one is going to do this for you – it is your dream and only you can make it happen.