Since this is a slow news weekend, I want to share a personal story.<\/p>\n
I firmly believe that every human has non-physical entities who watch over them. I call these beings my Spirit Guides. If you’re more into mainstream Christianity than I am, you may prefer to think of them as your angels. Or simply, your intuition. Or collectively, your Higher Power.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I\u00a0 met up with my Saturday brunch friends Randy and Theresa. I hadn’t seen them in 2 weeks, so we had lots of catching up to do.\u00a0 I ate the July 4th food special and had a few Cokes, then got a PBR.<\/p>\n
About 1:30 a case of indigestion came over me. It wasn’t painful, just annoying to have all that undigested food in my stomach. “Is this going to ruin my holiday?” I wondered.<\/p>\n
About 2:00 I ran to the restroom and forced myself to throw up. I didn’t NEED to, it wasn’t urgent; I just felt as though clearing all that food from my stomach might make me feel better.<\/p>\n
I made another trip to the restroom around 3. Randy and Theresa left shortly thereafter.\u00a0 I threw up one more time about 3:30.<\/p>\n
As I returned to my seat from that most recent restroom trip, I felt a nudge from my Guides. They communicate in feelings. Translated into words, what they were telling me was,<\/p>\n
“We gave you indigestion because we want you to take shelter tonight. We wanted to make it too uncomfortable for you to stay out. This is the July 4 holiday and you will be in danger if you stay out Downtown all night tonight.”<\/p>\n
I don’t mess around when my Spirit Guides communicate. I left the bar immediately, leaving 3\/4 of a glass of PBR and a future one that Randy had bought me. I high-tailed it to the Union Mission, spending my last 6 dollars “on the books” there on admission.<\/p>\n
I skipped dinner in the interest of indigestion management. Having to sit through chapel was irritating. Having to take a shower after chapel was irritating.<\/p>\n
However, getting 10 hours sleep in the air conditioning was wonderful. Surviving the night without hearing a single gunshot was wonderful. Knowing my backpack, Chromebook,\u00a0 and other possessions were safe overnight while I slept was wonderful.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Spirit Guides.\u00a0 You took a mighty strange way to make your point, but nothing short of what you did would have kept me inside last night.<\/p>\n
Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n
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