Over the past month or so, my focus deviated itself from
book promotion to house hunting. I lost so much focus, that, at one stage, when
anybody would ask me: ‘So, Niamh, how’s the book going?’ I’d actually be a
little speechless and wouldn’t know what to answer, because I felt I’d hardly
done anything to keep the promotion going and chose not to engage in the sales
figures (not just yet anyhow). I’ve since been able to make peace with the fact
that I let my focus slip away… for the first time in my life! Being ‘fine’ with
something that would usually wreck my head completely, means, again for the
first time, that I wasn’t judging myself from a place of anger, resentment,
force or frustration. Nope. I just simply said… ‘Wouw… I really did loose focus
for reasons of which I’m aware, and I’m totally fine with the fact that I had
to deviate slightly…’ (Without having focused on house hunting and moving
onwards, I’d not be where I am today… so it’s all perfect!)
As well since this realization has hit home I’ve been able
to see everything from that same angle… from a vision without force, or
frustration, or criticism. And
everything feels so much more… accepted, easy, exciting and light... I’m more
open due to feeling less pressurized and less angry with myself for
experiencing a brief period of de-motivation. Also I’m appreciating MORE of what
I’ve got, how far I’ve come and the responses (in relation to the book) that
have been coming my way, without searching for them. I’m once again connected
to the magic of life and can see the synchronicities that are happening…
Just an example… Today (Thursday the 25th) I
arranged to meet with an eating disorder therapist in the holistic clinic
BODHI, which is in Gorey (a town just 15 min south of Arklow). Her name is
Louise Doran and I found out about her around 2 months ago when I contacted the
Eating Disorder Resource Centre of Ireland (EDRCI). The founder of EDRCI,
Suzanne Horgan, was delighted when I told her about the book and was eager to
read it (hopefully this will lead to further recommendations as well as a
review). So we’ve since sent Suzan a copy. When we were in contact, she also gave
me the contact details of Louise in Gorey saying she’d be interested too. I
rang her shortly afterwards, we chatted on the phone and she too was excited to
hear about the book (I’d said I’d drop a copy in the letterbox) and we also arranged
a meeting. And that meeting was today (the 25th of Oct).
From the word ‘go’ it was as though we’d been friends for
ages. Wouw. The connection was instant… And I wasn’t 2 minutes in the door when
I met another amazing lady, Neasa. She’s the most humble girl you’d meet,
considering the amount of work and training she’s already undertaken as well as
the fact that she’s the founder of this Gorey-based BODHI clinic (which houses
a massive range of holistic therapies; Yoga, meditation, Pilates, massage,
nutrition, Reiki, reflexology, acupuncture… on and on the list goes!) at the tiny
age of 30… Wouw… She’s an inspiring girl to say the least.
Anyhow, the welcome I got from both of them was huge… Neasa
said it was as though she already knew me as she’d heard so much about me.
Hummm… There I was… shocked, excited but oh so intrigued. This girl, a stranger
to me… How can she feel to know me already?
Well, this is where the synchronicities come into play…
Neasa started telling me this story. One day - around 6 or 7 weeks ago - Neasa,
Louise and their friend were meeting for lunch across the road from the clinic
in the Book Café… (which is where I launched the book. There are quite a few
copies on sale there). The book caught their eye. Their friend picked it up,
opened it on a random page, read it and it struck a chord within him (even though
he hadn’t any food issues). He was adamant to buy the book and 5 minutes later…
Yay! The book was his! There’s nothing strange about that really. The book
simply fell into his hands at the right time, right place, and opened itself up
on the right page… which was enough for him to want to read the whole story. (Actually,
this may sound normal, but I find it quite amazing!)
As little happening was taking place in the Book Café, at
around the same time, there’s Niamh… sitting in her room in Arklow… staring out
the window, just after getting a contact number from Suzan Horgan of a lady in
Gorey. I sat, pondering whether or not to ring a complete stranger (Louise),
explain my story and ask her if she’d like a copy of the book! When I finally
DID pluck up the courage to ring her and told her about my story, Louise hadn’t
yet made the click between the book in the Book Café and my phone call. It
wasn’t until later that she started putting the puzzle together… ‘Oh my god…’
she thought, ‘I just got a call from the author of the book with elephant, the
book that’s on sale in the Book Café across the road!’
They told me all of this today. Man, the excitement they’d
been experiencing, just because I’d randomly contacted Louise asking for her
help in reading, reviewing and further recommending the story! This was such a
cool moment… I stood there, 2 people who were only strangers to me 5 minutes
beforehand, and we were all on the same page… Digesting Wisdom’s page!
Whoohooo!
I felt it to be so reassuring to hear that this was
happening, without my awareness. Isn’t it magic! Then, Louise went on to tell
me that she’d actually lost the copy that I’d delivered, all those weeks ago.
She was on the plane and during take-off it dropped to the floor and slid
underneath the seats behind her. She went looking for it, once the plane
landed, but it had disappeared… She wasn’t upset, because somebody else has now
got it! And she bought her own copy from the Book Café! Yay! I was just amazed
at how things have been evolving, unknowingly.
It was great to get to know these girls. They’re so
switched-on, totally understanding, open and doing amazing work at the same
time. We sat and spoke for a couple of hours, which was unexpected but so
refreshing. It was also huge for me to hear from strangers that it’s an
important book. Because I’ve sometimes been wondering if it’s just me who
thinks it’s important? Have I deluded myself into thinking this book can really
spark-off chords within ANYBODY? But hearing today that a total stranger, who
had never before heard of me (and therefore had no reason to buy it ‘just
because they know the author’) and who is unaffected by eating disorders… just
tells me soooooooooooooo much! This book really IS for anybody!!! I haven’t
deluded myself at all…
It just shows as well that things really ARE happening with
this book and it’s taking on a life of it’s own. Brilliant :)
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