Did someone say jump?

15/01/2021

Have you ever been faced with doing something that absolutely scares the living crap out of you, but you did it anyway?

In my professional life I've always done things that scare me. Public speaking, learning new skills, starting my own business...I could write a list as long as my arm! And I'd always told myself I do it because I have no choice. But the truth is, I DO have a choice. There's always a choice.

I realise now that I always faced fear head on in my professional life because of the gain I'd get from it:  growing my business, a change of direction in my business, a salary at the end of the month, that amazing feeling when I help women have those AHA moments that can fundamentally change their lives...

In my personal life, up until a few years ago, I was just never that brave. 

We all have that one thing, right. That thing that we dread with every fibre of our being. For me it's heights.

Actually that's not strictly true. It's not heights as such, but more the idea of falling from a height that gets me.

I don't do roller coasters, bungees, extreme zip lines, climbing walls and I've had EFT to help with my fear (wow! that word is a complete under statement) of flying.

A coach once told me that F.E.A.R = Fantasy Experienced As Reality.  It's just another of our bullshit, conditioned ways of thinking that stops us from doing things. It keeps us small and has us forgetting the powerful spiritual beings that we are. 

So I made it my mission to do something every day that scares me. Fear was not going to control me anymore, in any area of my life! I get to create the life I want, with a little help from the Universe.

Extreme sport anyone?

And so I found myself in February last year, at the top of a 10 meter high tower in Centre Parks with about a dozen people (most of them strangers to me) on the ground below, looking up at me and cheering for me to jump. I'm not going to lie, I was absolutely bricking it. No amount of secure harness contraption thingy made me feel like this was going to be enjoyable or safe in any way. 

But before I tell you how this ended, I just want to rewind slightly to earlier that day. I had been playing a game with my son, Cade, called the 24 hour gift. We both ask the Universe to send us a gift within 24 hours. The gift I asked for was a surprise gift of money. Yes ladies, it's okay to ask for the material things too.

Anyway, there I was at the top of this ridiculously high tower just about to admit defeat and step away from the edge, when a little voice in my head reminded me of my new moto, "Do one thing every day that scares you". And just as I had that thought, a pure white feather drifted down from above and literally hovered in front of my face, pausing for a moment before continuing its slow descent towards the earth. And in that moment I just knew with utter certainty that the Universe was telling me I'd be okay. I could almost hear her whisper, "Take a leap of faith, I've got you".

And so I jumped; not elegantly, but I jumped. It felt like a slow motion descent with that white feather in front of my face the whole way down. About half way down I noticed something shiny on the ground below. When my feet finally reached the ground, they landed directly on top of the shiny object and the feather settled gently in front of me.

Gift from the Universe?

I lifted up my foot to see what the shiny object was. It was a 20 pence coin. My gift of money. Granted, not quite the gift of money I had in mind, but a gift of money none-the-less (note to self: be more specific with your requests, Leigh!). I was filled with the most euphoric feeling! That feeling was priceless. The Universe had very clearly given me a message that she is there to support me, if I can just be brave enough to take that leap of faith. And as for the 20 pence coin, the spiritual meaning of the number 20 is related to your spiritual journey and allowing your guardian angel to lead you through your life path. It tells you that you should have big dreams in life and believe in them as well as believing in yourself.  The Universe listened to what I asked for and delivered it to me in a way that I never would have imagined, but really needed.

So the point of this blog is to show you that the Universe will ALWAYS have your back. Have total faith that She will always support you towards your highest good. Let the Universe know what you want and trust that your desires will always come to you if you release the need to control how that happens. The Universe has a plan far better than any plan you could come up with.

Oh, and be specific about the details of what you want!