A Grower Perspective

When we have a problem, concern or desire how do we go about finding the answer or does the answer come to us?

I was recently laid up for four days with a bout of vertigo. At first, of course, I thought I was dying or at least had some dreaded disease. My husband left to go on a planned trip and I thought I'd be okay or if I died no one would find me for days. Anyway after the initial drama queen act, I found a good book and between sleeping and reading and once driving the car (not a good idea) I realized I might just have the Spring Fever I thought I was coming down with. I looked dizziness and vertigo up in a couple of

books I had and did not find an adequate answer, the main one which covers everything at my age was menopause. A friend visited and she was sure it was allergies, I didn't think so. And I thought about a doctor's visit and realized I didn't want to drive or wait in the waiting room or take the prescribed medicine that I knew was coming. So I continued to sleep and read and when I answered the phone told every one what was going on with me. Through this I did get a respond from a softball team member who just returned home from visiting a friend whose ten year old daughter was dying. My problem really didn't exist, did it? He had read an article in a literary magazine just that morning on vertigo and the article talked about the same symptoms I had and how they had looked it up on the internet and found some exercises that helped. Voila, tell me how to do them and I'll see what happens. So he did and I tried them out and they helped a lot. I was on the road to recovery and the answer came in a very unlikely way.

One could call this creative problem solving, asking for what you want and getting the answer, or just shear luck. I think if we are open to answers coming in all shapes and sizes and forms and in the most unlikely way they will surely come to us. Of course part of the plan is to recognize that they are the answer as well. My whining on the phone to a friend was a direct path to my problem being solved just because he happened to be reading about this same thing that very morning. I have since passed it on to others who let me know they have had it or know someone who has. The answer is out there.