“I think the most important question facing humanity is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for themselves.”  – Albert Einstein
I just got back from my trip to visit a friend in Vieques, Puerto Rico.  It was amazing!  Yet at the same time, I had a chance to flex my “trust muscles” on the trip back.  Short version: because of the way my flights were set up, and because of customs, airline regulations about what boarding passes were allowed to be printed and when, (etc.),  it was looking like I might miss connecting flights. It also looked promising for some mad dashing through airports and some possible difficulty in getting passes, and hopefully not but possibly some missed flights.  Nothing tragic, of course. I knew it would all work out – but how SMOOTHLY and how BY-THE-HAIR-OF-MY-CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN I was unsure.  I realized this the day before. I did what I could and called the airlines to get some information.  But other than that, there didn’t seem to be much action I could take, except to show up at the airport the next day and see what adventures my day might hold!
Well, the, other, super helpful action I took was to consciously TRUST.  The truth was I felt nervous, but I had a lot of compassion for myself about it, and I didn’t try to convince myself to NOT be nervous.  Instead, I just said to myself:
“Well, okay. I’m nervous. That’s okay. I am where I am.  All good. But I ALSO truly believe that the Universe is loving me.  I truly believe that whenever possible The Divine will shower me with love and take care of me. And I truly believe that everything really does always work out in my favor, no matter how it might appear in any given moment.”
I reminded myself that I have faith that I live in a loving Universe, handed my trip over to a Higher Mind and Heart, and let it go.  I enjoyed the rest of my day with my friend and the next morning I went to the airport.
I tell you what – I have never had a smoother, easier trip.  In the first TWO MINUTES of being at the local airport, every single item that had been a potential “problem” with my flights home were all completely taken care of.  In fact, that is what the nice man said as I checked in at the tiny airline ticket counter in Vieques. When I expressed that I’d been worried about some stuff, he said “Oh no ma’am!  Don’t worry.  We’re taking good care of you!”  And they did.  All the way home!
I met nice people. I passed the fastest, most pleasant 10 hours ever.  Everything was as smooth and pleasant as chocolate mousse!  Even my super-sweet-ex-husband-but-he’s-family-forever met me at the airport in San Diego by standing at the bottom of the escalators with a printed sign that said “Chris Brittain.”  Like he was a chauffer sent to pick me up. Which, well, he was.
I realize that my trip as an example of practicing trust wasn’t the most challenging one me or any of us have ever faced. Still, it was a chance to practice trusting that the Universe really is friendly, loving, and smoothing our way.  And it was a fun example for me to put out there to you all, some of whom have expressed to me some bigger stuff in your lives that is asking you to flex your trust muscles.  So here you have one story of how handing it over to the Divine can help us get out of the way. And how we really can get out of the way and let reality unfold delightfully for us, as it naturally wants to.
And to end, here is that fabulous quote from the amazing Albert Einstein.  That guy was pretty dang smart and tuned in.  Maybe this quote will help you all trust even more, my friends:
“I think the most important question facing humanity is, ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for themselves.
“For if we decide that the universe is an unfriendly place, then we will use our technology, our scientific discoveries and our natural resources to achieve safety and power by creating bigger walls to keep out the unfriendliness and bigger weapons to destroy all that which is unfriendly and I believe that we are getting to a place where technology is powerful enough that we may either completely isolate or destroy ourselves as well in this process.
“If we decide that the universe is neither friendly nor unfriendly and that God is essentially ‘playing dice with the universe’, then we are simply victims to the random toss of the dice and our lives have no real purpose or meaning.
“But if we decide that the universe is a friendly place, then we will use our technology, our scientific discoveries and our natural resources to create tools and models for understanding that universe. Because power and safety will come through understanding its workings and its motives.”
“God does not play dice with the universe,”
–Albert Einstein

There are a lot of us standing in the unknown right now. Many of my friends and clients are experiencing all kinds of limbo.  Some lost jobs, are looking to find or change jobs, just got out of relationships, just moved, feel like they’re in impermanent living situations, are between homes, or have inner and/or physical quandaries yet to be resolved.  Not to mention all the changes in relationships, beliefs systems, and paradigms!  In the end, all of those things are GOOD.
I encourage you to cut yourself some slack if you are experiencing big changes and maybe feeling a little freaked out, unsure, and in need of some comfort.  Please be kind to yourself!  The changes you are going through really ARE wonderful!  But sometimes change can feel a little unsettling. Take your time.  And remember that it’s human nature to want to know what is going on. It feels safer to the animal body to have everything all pinned down, planned out and “known.”  So snuggle in when you need to, even as you move forward into the Unknown.
But, you gorgeous beings of Light, it is also in the human, Divine nature to want to explore, be curious, and be adventurous.  We can see evidence of that in everything from our nomadic beginnings, to early world explorers, to the pioneers, to technological innovators of every era, all the way to Captain Kirk boldly going where no one has gone before!
The things is, we get to choose to embrace and care for either – or both – sides of our human nature.  And we get to choose how we view the changes and events in our lives.  As Abraham-Hicks said in a workshop I attended yesterday, “We are in control of how we perceive life.”  And it is that perception that makes our reality.
As I myself have moved through the many unknowns in the last 3 years of my life, it has VASTLY helped me to perceive (and feel into) the loving nature or Existence.  I choose to focus on the reality that I am not alone. I am safe, held, watched over, guided and cared for by The Something Bigger.  I can jump all I want into the void, because the void is not empty – the Void is Love. The Void is Loving.  And I have been awed over and over at what rises out of the Void to meet me.  A beautiful new home in perfect timing, amazing new friends, wonderful new clients, astounding inner developments and realizations, and signs that seem meant for even me get spray painted on the sidewalk , for God’s sake.  For my sake!  I am learning more and more to LOOK for the signs of the Loving Universe.  To the best of my Highest understanding, Existence is showering us with invisible AND visible signs of support and guidance.
I got a miraculous phone call last week from a dear friend of my Mom’s.  I haven’t spoken to Marjorie for easily over 20 years, I’m sure.  But during a week that I was doing a lot of inner house cleaning about my family relationships, Marjorie was inspired to call me.  We had a totally loving, expanding, WOW-ing conversation!  She was an angel, telling me about how much my Mom loved me and was proud of me.  It was fabulously, powerfully healing for me to hear what my Mom had proudly expressed to her friend before she died. Out of the Mystery and Void, seemingly out of the blue, the Unknown suddenly delivered some communication through Marjorie from Mom.  And so that helped me clear up some unhelpful beliefs about my relationship with my Mom too, even though she’s “gone.”   What’s more is that Marjorie told me that I’ve actually been on her mind for 2 years!
I’m saying that Marjorie not only popped out of the previously unknown and delivered a message from my Mom, but that she has been in “the void” loving me for 2 years.  Seriously, folks.  The Void isn’t empty. It’s full of possibility!  And full of opportunity looking for its right timing for you.  The unknown is loving, and however it shows itself to you, there are a billion more ways it keeps quietly invisible.  Well, invisible as, say, the stars, your cells, the deliciousness of food……  But it’s also alive and real in even more vast and loving paradigms that we may never know about from our current human vantage point.
You might be facing some unknown components in your life, but the “empty space” in front of you is loving you – and is filled with magic about to happen.  You can choose to count it or not, but for starters, I’m part of your “void” and I’m loving you.  <3
Happy journeying within the Loving Mystery, my friends.  Keep your eyes open for the Love.