In this post I want to talk about holding your vibration high and helping raise the vibration of the people around us, as well as ourselves. As always, I like to draw from my own personal experiences and provide them as examples, because I feel more people can relate that way, and it allows me to better explain things in terms of energy.
Recently, I was at a local coffee shop waiting in line and I could see that the person working the counter was running around frantically. I assumed it must have been really busy in there before I arrived, but it didn’t seem too chaotic anymore. However, that person was in a state of what seemed like stress, just kind of running around even though it seemed like any hecticness had already passed. I could tell that they were worked up, so I made the conscious decision that when I got to the counter I was going to be relaxed and let my relaxation and the positive vibes I was feeling at that time go out to them, and hopefully that would help them become more centered, and more balanced.
When I got to the counter instead of just placing an order I started with “Hey, how are you? How’s your day going?” The store had just been remodeled so I commented on that, and asked their opinion. I could tell that it took them out of a state of franticness and brought them back into the present moment, where they were more centered, and back into alignment. We had a brief but nice conversation.
I sat down to wait for my drink order, and by that time there wasn’t anyone else in line. As I was waiting there that person came back up to me and said they had just gotten this new drink in, and asked if I would like to sample it.
“Sure,” I said, and went up to the counter to try it. I thought I was going to get a little sample cup, but instead was given a full sized free drink!
It was very unexpected and exciting! I thanked them and got my original drink order
too, and I left feeling really good. It was one of the ways that life sometimes surprises us, and shows us how our choice to use our energy in a positive way can have a significant impact on the people around us.
I used to work in the service industry and I could put myself in that person’s shoes. I remember there would be days when things would seem very stressful, and all it would take would be that one customer to just connect with me and ask, “How are you doing?” and just be kind, and that would make all the difference in the world.
So that’s just one example that served as a good reminder of how our simple everyday actions can affect others, and how intentionally directing our energy in a positive way can powerfully (and positively) shift the energy around us.
After that, I was in a drive-through getting something for lunch. I could see a young woman inside working the register, and before the drive-thru window opened I made the choice to give her a spirit to spirit hello. What that means is instead of me physically saying hello and speaking those words, my soul self, my spirit self, is communicating with the spirit of the other person, and giving them a hello!
It’s a really cool thing that can easily be done anytime or any place. Say you’re getting introduced to someone for the first time, before you actually make that verbal hello you can give them a spirit to spirit acknowledgement. It’s this idea that the spirit in me sees the spirit in you. I recommend trying it and seeing if you notice a difference in your interactions.
Something in the other person will usually light up because as was explained to me by a former teacher, we’re not generally used to being acknowledged as souls, as spirits, on that level—so doing this can go a long way.
I knew I wanted to say something positive to this person on an energetic level, on a soul level, and I had recently been contemplating how many of us feel like we’re not enough. It seems to be a core issue that a lot of us experience to different degrees—just not feeling like we’re good enough.
I wanted to say something kind to the person at the drive through, but I wasn’t going to be like hey I’ve never met you before, but I want you to know that you are enough. I mean I could try it, but for the purpose of what I wanted to accomplish the spirit to spirit hello was just fine, along with the spirit to spirit you are enough, so that’s what I did. It was all done on an energetic level using my intention.
When the drive-thru window opened I looked at her (like how you can give a look with your eyes, or your smile, and the energy just seems to radiate off of you). Basically what I was telling her spirit in that moment when we were looking at each other is you are enough, and I could feel that on some level she felt the energy coming towards her. Again, this is something you can do on an energetic level if you don’t want to verbally say something–simply give a spirit to spirit acknowledgment because it has the ability to light someone up from the inside.