I felt most overwhelmed the other day. Overwhelmed with love and connection.
I was shopping in my local supermarket when basket in hand, I heard a baby cry. And cry, and cry and cry. The sound felt like a vibration deep within me, and I found myself desperately wanting the crying to stop. It didn't, and as I was pacing the aisles, taking the high pitched crying into my very core, I felt an urgent need take control of me. I put my basket down on the floor and went off in search of the crying child. I didn't know why, I simply did it.
When I found Mother and Baby, I was so touched. I felt a huge lump in my throat as I looked down into the baby's red and swollen eyes. I placed a hand on the Mother's shoulder, and a finger in the palm of the baby's hand. I then spoke ever so softly to them both, that I wondered if I'd spoken at all. "Is everything okay?" I asked. "I couldn't help myself, I really had to come and find you. Is there anything you need?" The Mother looked at me kindly and said "I don't know, she won't stop crying".
I was gently moving baby's hand up and down, the way we instinctively do when we make contact with small children. I looked into the face of this beautiful child and felt great love surging from my 'bubble' into my throat. "So, you're a little upset are you?" I whispered. I smiled and bobbed my head and carried on making small talk, as the baby girl continued to cry.
The connection I felt was so strong, I was almost completely bowled over with emotion. I returned my attention to her Mum. "I hope you don't mind me coming over, her crying really got to me. However there doesn't seem to be much that I can do, unless you'd like me to look after your shopping whilst you take her for a little wander".
"You've been very kind, and I am very grateful" she replied, "I realise that I must go and find my husband who has our other children. He can take her for that wander while I get on with the shopping. Thank you so much". In that moment, I knew that the child's Mother, the child herself, and also myself, were all there, crying out for a little something that none of us understood, but all of us appreciated.
My eyes filled with tears as a rush of love took complete control and squeezing the young woman's shoulder, I choked out; "Look after each other, I wish you both well". I took off as the tears rolled down my face. Unaccustomed to emotional outbursts in a supermarket, I smiled and wiped away the tears as a couple walked by and looked on. I did not wish them to think there was anything wrong.
A little later, I saw that the little girl was indeed being joyfully paraded around the supermarket in the arms of her daddy, and felt comforted.
I will never forget the urgent connection I felt with that child, nor my instinctive response that literally propelled my feet in her direction. I may never know the reason for my compelling journey, I simply knew that to ignore it, wasn't an option.
Love comes to find us in many situations, at the unlikeliest of moments. Some of them extremely odd it would seem. When a connection or a calling is great enough to stop us in our tracks and change direction, it must be heeded for the sake of our best interests. The magic of our body's ability to give us messages which our conscious mind might otherwise have ignored, is powerful.
It is love of the highest order, and the reason we do some of the strangest things in life. take a good look at what YOU have done, and ask yourself why. I am positive that you'll be able to trace your actions right back to love.
Personally, I am grateful for such wonderful feelings, and I intend to (all ways) act on my instincts. They bring great joy.
In celebration of your own loving connections, I wish you and yours the deepest joy.
Andrea Nicole Smart
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