| Life is full of challenges, constant change and the | | | | was strange to begin with, so I locked my doors. |
| ebb and flow of energy. Everything emits an | | | | Then the man exited his car and opened his hood, |
| energy force, we may not be able to see it or | | | | he then went to the back and opened his trunk. |
| feel it, but it is there. Reminds me of, The | | | | When he went back to the front of his car, I |
| Celestine Prophecy, and how they can see and | | | | looked up and locked eyes with him. |
| feel the invisible energy from the plants. I am, and | | | | I don't know how to explain my reaction, except |
| always have been, sensitive to other people's | | | | that it was physical and emotional at the same |
| energy. I try to cultivate it, and encourage my | | | | time. My solar plexus area jammed up and my |
| children to do the same. I believe it is God talking | | | | intuition SCREAMED at me to get out of there |
| to us. | | | | pronto. |
| Anyone can stimulate and encourage this sense, | | | | I did listen to that voice, and I left immediately. I |
| simply by trusting and listening more closely to | | | | felt like I could have disappeared that day and |
| that inner voice. As a generalization, women are | | | | never seen my family again. It was an extremely |
| usually more tuned in to this sense, but it is | | | | strong, forceful feeling. His energy was very dark |
| definitely not exclusive to women. | | | | and negative. |
| I believe this sensitivity to other energies has | | | | I have other similar stories, some more recent, |
| prevented perilous situations on several occasions. | | | | some involving my children, but the bottom line is |
| In one instance, I was traveling through Europe, in | | | | you have to trust those energies. |
| my youth. Typical backpack and hitch-hiking story. | | | | Maybe that positive protecting energy is friends |
| My friend and I caught a ride with two guys, who | | | | and family who have passed on, but still able to |
| instantly gave me the creeps. As soon as we got | | | | connect to us somehow. Maybe it is God placing |
| in, I wished we hadn't. The feeling was so strong | | | | his fences and guarding us. The bottom line is you |
| and persuasive that at the next stop light, after | | | | have to learn to trust those feelings. |
| whispering to my friend, we quickly exited the | | | | Positive feelings and positive thoughts will emit a |
| car. | | | | totally different feeling than negative ones. |
| Approximately six years ago, I was sitting in my | | | | I firmly believe, and know, that you have to |
| car reading, waiting for my daughter's pre-school | | | | choose the energies you surround yourself with, |
| program to finish. I had decided to go to the local | | | | especially your friends. |
| park and had pulled up into one of the deserted | | | | It has taken me a while, but I have become |
| spaces, next to the beautiful spring-swollen river. | | | | selective of who surrounds me, which is not |
| There was absolutely no one around because it | | | | always an easy thing to do. We still have to |
| was a miserable day. Bone chilling wet snowflakes | | | | socialize and associate for business, and in |
| were falling and my car was the only one in the | | | | different circles, such as home schooling and |
| parking lot of approximately 20 spots. | | | | community sports. |
| A car pulled up beside me, right beside me, which | | | | |