The gift of helping someone to believe

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 27 Jan 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

miss_apples	27 Jan 2004
I Want to share an experience I had recently with giving a tarot reading. She had never had a reading before and thought it was all a bunch of balogna...but she seemed to have some very deeply troubling experiences going on in her life and was desperate for whatever help she could get so she asked me if I would read for her on the situation. After the reading was done, she was ecsatic and said that I knew secrets about her that she had never told anyone. Now I get her friends contacting me asking for readings. I just found that it was a gift to me to help a non-believer become a believer just as someone made me a believer about 5 years ago. :)

Red Emma	27 Jan 2004
I suspect that it's a great feeling, and just the opposite of my recent experience. A woman I know, respect, and am fond of asked me to read for her on a matter of professional importance. I did, and the damned thing made not a lick of sense. Not to me, not to her. I'm pretty disappointed because I'd like to be able to discuss tarot with her. However, I suspect that the Universe (I call it Goddess) just didn't think it was in the best interest of all concerned. I know that, and I believe that, but I'm still disappointed. Keep up the good work.

MeeWah	27 Jan 2004
miss_apples: Thanks for sharing an inspiring reading experience! The synchronicity is striking: the need of the querent, her readiness to be receptive & ye being there for her. Occasions such as this celebrate not only the reading process but the reader as well. If ye have not already, take a look at a series of articles written by our own Umbrae beginning with "The Process": http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/articles/process_introduction.html & congratulations!

~X~	27 Jan 2004
That is great, Miss_Apples! It reminds me of the saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears".

Star Spirit	27 Jan 2004
I just read Umbrae's "Process", very interesting. What a nice experience miss_apples, I hope someday to be able to make a believer of someone in particular :) Just wait.

sagitarian	28 Jan 2004
I'm so happy for you Miss Apples, congratulations. It's such a good feeling knowing that you have helped someone gain more clarity on a subject and in return refering you to others in her life that she holds dear! At my doctor's office, there's a sign up saying "The greatest compliment you can give us is a referal to your loved ones", and I find that so true. give ya a big cyber hug! Keep up the good readings!

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