There are no mistakes
Opportunities for growth
“Look, it is from one of my favorite writers”, my roommate says with a happy smile showing me the book that has been given to her.
“Oh, Richard Bach, he is one of my favorite writers as well”, I tell her.
Richard is an expert when it comes to weaving food-for-thought, higher wisdom and spirituality into his stories.
I have read many of his books. The book that I remember best, is One, in which the author and his wife are on the way in their small airplane. However, instead of reaching their intended destination, they end up traveling to other dimensions and timelines. Wherever they land their plane, they are given a glimpse into the life of an other version of themselves; the people they might have become if they had taken a different turn or decision at some point in their life.
I have over the years had a few of these experiences myself. Kind of as in a dream, yet, I was fully aware of what was happening. I was both that other version of me - feeling her emotions and living her experiences - and the spectator, feeling compassion for that other version of me.
The most profound experience was connecting to a version of me living a life very different from the one I have on this timeline. She is a mom of four. I connected with her at the moment she walked into the kitchen with a hand full of pills, vitamins and supplements, which she was trying to hide from her husband. Of course he knew she was taking them, and she knew how he felt about her fragile health situation. He was preparing food with a troubled look on his face, grilling mushrooms one by one. She pretended not to notice that he was ignoring her presence and tried to cheer him up with a smile and humor. In vain.
“Everything will be all right”, he said with a deep sigh, while flipping over a mushroom. “People say I am a fool for not wanting to have a fully automatic washer”, he added with another deep sigh, putting the last mushroom on a plate.
He stepped away from the stove and walked to the other side of the kitchen to take the wet laundry out of the washer. With a contented yet tired expression he put it into the spin-drier. He didn’t make things easy for himself. Letting him enjoy his moment of being in charge of the appliance, the other version of me continued towards the dining room. She stopped in her tracks when she overheard a conversation between her eldest son and the nanny.
“Why is daddy angry at mommy?”, he asked.
“Oh, your parents are having a gluten-free vegetarian crisis”, she replied in a dry tone.
For a moment the boy was quiet, probably thinking it over.
“He just needs to give mommy more love”, he ended the topic.
The nanny had already moved her attention to the younger kids, who were setting the table and generously putting a variety of cutlery next to each plate.
“Stop it please, you know how precise your dad is. We don’t want to upset him even more, do we? Here, I will show you one more time: fork on the left side of the plate, the knife on the right with the sharp edge towards the plate and the spoon next to the knife.”
I felt deep compassion for the husband and for that other version of me.
The glimpse into that reality helped me to heal my gluten intolerance in this reality. My strong determination and belief that healing was possible, guided me at the right time to the right healer. I now have freedom of choice on whether or not I want to eat gluten.
As I am regularly told in channeled messages by higher dimensional consciousnesses, there are no mistakes. The experiences we have are nothing more or less than the result of the choices we make. If, at the crossroads, we turn left, we simply have a different experience than when we turn right. There is no wrong choice, only a different outcome. While a straight line offers us the fastest and easiest option, we may opt for a detour to gather valuable experiences.
Are we always in charge of the choices? No, other people can opt out of a Divinely orchestrated situation by using their free will. If this happens we still have the choice on how we deal with it. We can point fingers, and we may just as well enjoy the detour or new destination.
If something is truly meant to be, it will sooner or later find its way. After all, there are no mistakes and there are many roads leading to the same destination.
If there are no faults or mistakes, does it give us carte-blanche? The law of karma applies to all our actions. We will always face the consequences of the choices we make. Whenever we do something that harms another being, it will impact us as well. For the highest good of ourselves and all involved, we are always asked to act to the best of our abilities, from love and compassion, and with respect.
Last year Yeshua shared the below words with me during a channeling. While they were related to a specific situation that had happened several months earlier, I feel these words to be true in general and for all of us. Looking back, I can often see the gold-lining, the gift that came from a so-called mistake: an opportunity for growth.
“While it may seem to be said easily, I truly mean it: enjoy the ride. A ‘time’ will come, when you look back at it with a smile on your beautiful face. A smile of compassion for yourself, for the woman, who was doing the very best she could in not always easy situations. A woman also, who at times wished she had made other choices or used other words. Yet, the woman looking back knows that there were no mistakes. And that is why she can smile with love and compassion for the beautiful being that you are; now and always.”