Angel Card Express

Susan says: Angel Card for today - well, actually, it was from a few days ago. But I chose it because I had had a very distressing evening with friends at a gathering. The gathering, which was supposed to be uplifting and spiritually rejuvenating turned out to be quite a downer. I had a lot of angst and questions about why tempers flared the way they did. Of course, I realized that it had nothing to do with me, it was induced by one of my friends being under intense stress in her own life and, really, taking it out on everyone present that night. She has a big personality, to say the very least.

So... I prayed about it. And I asked the question of "what should I do about my friend. How should I respond to her and this crazy wrong behavior?" and then I picked an angel card.

Truth & Integrity - "you are guided to be very honest with yourself, and to be true to yourself in all of your activities and actions." At first I thought - what the heck? Honest with myself??? I'm not the problem here. But then I went a little deeper... I began thinking about all this, feeling angry and irritated that her behavior affected my evening. I thought about turning it around on myself and examining why I was angry about her behavior and why I was letting it affect me so. After all, I am in charge of my own feelings, right? I can choose to be angry and irritated, or not. And really, when a friend is in such stress, my anger is certainly not a helpful response. I thought that the actions of hers that I didn't like might be some actions that I might do - things I don't like about myself. I guess the reality is that I might see a lot of what I don't like about myself in her. We're all just mirrors, right?

Looking at it that way really helped to settle and resolve my feelings, calm me down. I was able to move on and not dwell on it. I was able to go back to her and give a much more loving response and offer help that she needed. I was reminded to "not be content to show friendship in words alone. Let your heart beat with loving kindness for all who may cross your path," which is my truth.

I would not have thought to look at it that way if I had not chosen that card, I don't think. I just love those angel cards. It's like God talking right to me. Giving me fatherly advice. Awesome!