So as my panic rose, I started running back and forth along the same paths. I felt like a chicken without it’s head, running around like a frantic, crazy person. And then I thought to myself, ‘This is really not working or helping. Let me stop and tune in.’
I had already started a practice of tuning in each morning connecting with God/Goddess, Universe, Spirit, Source, Consciousness, or as I affectionately call them all, GUSS C. This was a chance for me to tune in and trust.
I stopped where the 3 paths I’d been running along all met and channeled my best Inigo Montoya. Facing away from all the paths, with one path to my right, one to my left, one behind me and the sun shining on my face through the trees, I closed my eyes and stood tall. In my mind, I asked for GUSS C., the Earth, the animals, the plants, the spirits, my body, my higher-self… who ever was around, listening and willing and able to help for guidance. I said, possibly out loud, but probably just loudly in my head, “My name is Adelle King, I am lost in the woods and I need to find my way home.”