Becoming Aware of a Solution already there

For quite some time, the electrical window on the passenger side of my car had stopped working and the window wouldn’t open anymore. I tried to stay grateful that it wasn’t the driver’s window, but I still really wanted it to work, especially since I love feeling the breeze flowing through both windows.

Today, I’m sitting in my car at my favorite spot, overlooking the sea. It’s incredibly hot, and I find myself longing for both windows to be open so I can feel the fresh air. I think to myself, "I’m just not a great manifestor." Not an exactly helpful thought. I try to let the frustration go and accept it for what it is, even if it’s just a stuck window.

I think about the window again and try to open it, but nothing happens—no sound, no signal. In my mind, I assume a wire must have broken, or something similar. And for the window to work again, I expect some magic to happen, already paving the way of the magic…
I let the window be and reflect on bigger aspects of my life, like feeling stuck in certain situations, unable to move forward, just as this window won’t open. It's a lot like the loneliness that sometimes perpetuates itself within me—and when it shows up again, it feels as if it has always been there in will never go away.

In the middle of these thoughts, I glance at the control panel to my left where the window switch is, and I notice a button I had never really paid attention to before. I knew it was there, but I never used it. Out of curiosity, I press it, and then, almost instinctively, I turn the key and try to open the passenger window again. It opens.

I must have unintentionally locked the function to open the second window. The button, which I had never used, had been sitting there the whole time. Next to it, there is another button. Its symbol is barely visible, worn from age. Now, I also press this button. And the passenger door and the door of the trunk open.

For so long, my only option had been to open both doors manually, and with the trunk, that meant crawling through the back of the car to access it. But now, with just one glance, one insight, I became aware of a solution that had been there all along. I didn’t invent it, nor did I create it—I simply noticed it. No here is the interesting question: why did I notice it now? Why did I press it now? And not one week or one month ago?
I have no answer right now. The only explanation I find is: this morning I had been reading about guidance and signs. I had been feeling angry because I felt so closed off that no guidance would reach me. More isolated. Less guidance. Vicious cycle. And then I had said to myself: I will at least stop saying that I am not guided. That I receive no signs. That my Soul doesn’t speak. And that’s what I did today.

As I sit here in the same spot, fresh wind now flowing through my car and cooling it down, I find myself writing the next chapter of MEETING IN LOVE, feeling more comfortable and content. Life has become a little easier, and even the thought of going grocery shopping is exciting because now I can open the trunk with just one click from the panel by my seat.

I leave it to you to draw the parallels with other aspects of your life :)