A Lucky Coincidence
By Sue Greenwald
I operated Thrive Yoga Studio & Wellness Center, outside of Philadelphia, which kept me extremely busy. In addition to Yoga, Meditations, Massage, and Spiritual Classes, we offered specialty events. These were lectures by authors, musical events, healing classes, and even art workshops. This kept me extremely busy, as I worked full time teaching and marketing everything. I loved operating the studio, and met so many amazing people there!
I was guided to start a holistic and spiritual expo, which I was reluctant to do. I didn’t attend expos as the energy in larger crowds usually wasn’t high. Strong intuition stayed with me, growing and getting stronger as time went on, to start the expo. I finally planned the event, The Empowered Light Holistic Expo, and it became the Northeast’s second largest expo of its type. Until the pandemic.
When I first was planning the expo, I kept seeing a particular vendors face. I’d met her years earlier, and didn’t have her contact info or even her name. For some reason, her face kept popping up for me, and I knew that I had to find her and get her to participate in the expo. I wasn’t sure why she needed to be there, or how I was supposed to find her.
While driving around the studio one day to do banking and errands, I spontaneously stopped at a large outdoor Fair, looking for a shelf for the Yoga Studio. This wasn’t a spiritual or holistic type of event, and not something I’d normally stop at. It was more “mainstream”, a fair where people donated all sorts of things to help the community, kind of like a giant garage sale. I parked and….there was the vendor I’d been looking for! Right next to where I parked! We talked, and I was able to explain to her about the expo, and give her my card.
Since that time, she’s been at every one of the expos! It’s so amazing that I coincidentally ran into her!
During the very first expo that I held, many of the guests informed me that I’d “accidentally” taken the exact weekend another holistic expo had previous used. That expo had closed the year before (unknown to me!) and I’d taken their time slot, so many attendees assumed that I’d taken over the other expo, rather than starting mine from scratch. It was a huge coincidence to have taken their specific location and times, not one that was planned. I wasn’t thinking about what they were doing, I was focused on my plans.
This is a really simplistic story, and the point is: I followed my intuition several times, and things happened very smoothly, like a miracle! I followed my intuition to start the expo in the first place, and was able to put the whole thing together, by myself without funding, in less than 4 months. I saw this particular vendors face repeatedly, and tried to figure out where to contact her. Then, I was “prompted” to stop at that outdoor fair, something I usually wouldn’t have done. Because I’d followed my intuition, I chose the location and the weekend that another holistic expo used to occupy, by sheer “coincidence”!
Whenever I receive a gift, no matter how small or insignificant, I say Thank you. I find a penny, and thank the Angels and Source. I get what I’ve been wanting, and I thank them again. The energy of true gratitude is very high, and will help you manifest better things that you want.
When I recognize that I’ve just received a gift “from the Universe” after following my intuition, or even after asking for that event or thing, I always say THANK YOU! I want to let all of my invisible helpers to know that I recognize what they’ve done and appreciate it!
Here’s the logo I had designed.