When we bought our house a year ago our realtor gave us a housewarming gift of placemats. Eco-friendly, fancy-pants, expensive placemats. As far as placemats go, they were lovely, but we didn’t want or need them, so I took them back to the store where they were purchased to see if I could exchange them for something else.
The store turned out to be a very upscale home goods boutique. They had fancy china and knick knacks and a million other things that held zero interest for me. I thought, great, I’ll be holding on to this store credit forever! Then, when I was about to leave the store I noticed a glass case full of crystals. I’d been dreaming of getting some nice big crystals for my office, especially an amethyst because of it’s calming and intuition-supporting properties. But, having just purchased a new (95-yr-old!) house, we had a lot of other expenses and crystals for my office were waaaay down on the priority list.
You know where this is going. In the glass case were three large amethyst cluster geodes, along with many other large and small crystals. Nothing was labeled by type, because it was a home goods boutique. They don’t care about the metaphysical properties of crystals, they only sell them because they’re pretty and people like them for home decor. I chose two large crystals, an amethyst mixed with smokey quartz and a clear quartz geode. They had a few containers of smaller cystals for $15 each, including some pale aqua ones that I was really drawn to. But since I wasn’t sure how much store credit I had, I only bought the amethyst and the quartz. The purchase used up almost my entire store credit, and they gave me a voucher for the remaining $16.
I took my new crystals home, cleansed them in the sun and charged them under the full moon. They’re in my office and they have delightful energy. This may sound weird, but I’ve realized that they’re very happy to be with me because they’ve been liberated from their superficial existence in the boutique. They were getting stale and stifled in there and now they’re used and appreciated and they bask in the flow of energy that swirls around my space. (Yes, I’m learning to read the energy of crystals just like I do with people! Always something new to add to the toolbox!)
Fast forward several months and I still had the store credit tucked in my wallet. I’d forget about it for a while and then remember and think, yeah, I should go back and get one of those small aqua crystals. But I’m a busy woman and I often have my two young kids in tow, so any errand that isn’t essential usually gets put off.
One day last week I started seeing images of the small aqua crystals in my mind, especially one in particular that was mixed with an opaque white mineral. I remembered the store credit and how it was the exact amount I needed to buy one of those crystals. I put an item on my to-do list for the following week to go buy an aqua crystal.
Well, when I woke up the next morning the aqua crystal was the first thing on my mind. There would be no waiting until next week, I had to go that day. As luck (aka fate) would have it I had a brief window of time when I was kid-free and could run a quick errand that morning. I went to the boutique, walked straight to the crystal case, and started looking for the aqua crystals. There were only two left and one of them looked almost exactly like the image I’d seen in my mind.
As I mentioned before nothing was labeled by type. The small crystals were all jumbled together in a few containers simply labeled “small zeolites & minerals $15.” So, I didn’t know what the crystal was, but that didn’t matter to me. I knew that crystal was coming home with me for a reason and that the reason would be revealed to me at some point.
When I went to pay for the crystal, the total actually came out to be $1.10 less than my store credit. I was thinking, fine, whatever, I’m just going to throw the store credit away because there is nothing else I want from this store and I don’t want to be bothered. Right after that thought sailed through my mind the woman who was helping me opened the cash register and pulled out $1.10. She handed it to me and said, “just don’t tell anyone!” (Who would I tell?!) So, I got my crystal and some cash and I was on my way!
When I got home I wanted to figure out what the crystal was. I had some ideas, but wasn’t sure. I shared the photo with some of my Internet friends who know a lot more about crystals than I do and we determined that the crystal is green calcite. Metaphysically speaking, green calcite is exactly what I need right now. Like, exactly. Green calcite is ideal for helping dissolve energy patterns and beliefs that may be holding us back as well as supporting us in times of transition. How fitting considering all of my recent work on releasing limiting habits and beliefs, which has pushed me to the edge of some very big shifts. This crystal has the exact soothing, encouraging energy I need right now. I’ve been carrying it around with me even though it’s too big to fit in my pocket!
This particular crystal coming into my life at this time and under these circumstances is a wonderful reminder that when you have faith and you act with intention the universe will give you what you need. The crystal itself is a lovely gift, but more importantly, it’s a sign of bigger things to come. It’s a reflection of my intentions, efforts, and trust. It’s the universe saying “I have your back.” It’s the tip of the iceberg of all the things I’ve been working to manifest–finally coming into physical form.
Trust in your ability to create what you want. Act with intention. Surrender your problems, perceived limitations, and expectations to the universe so that you may be transformed. The combination of these things is the gateway to manifesting the experience you want to have. The universe will send you signs, small ones at first, and if you notice and appreciate those then larger ones will follow.
I’d love to know what kinds of signs you’re seeing in your life that what you want is on the way. And if you have any questions about intention, trust, surrender, manifestation (or anything else!), please leave them in the comments, I promise I’ll answer them!
Sending so much love and gratitude to you. We are all one in our divinity.
