Clearing Blocks
There’s a plumber in my kitchen right now. Trying to clear our kitchen sink. I keep hearing rumblings of, “I have never seen this before,” and “Well, I’ll be.” Frankly, I’m a little nervous about the impending bill.
This is the second time he has been here in four days. The problem had been getting worse and worse. The water would just not drain. Dirty water, sitting in my sink, slowly, ever so slowly draining away. Leaving a ring of slime around the bottom. I called the plumber after many vain attempts with maximum strength Draino and a plunger.
I am grateful the plumber is here, the expert. The first time he came, we had thought it was fixed, but after a day, we realized the problem was still there. It was better, but not fixed. So back he is today.
As I hear him working and rumbling, I can not help but look at the symbolism. I do not believe anything happens in isolation. As Wayne Dyer says, “There is a valid reason for everything.”
I believe the Universe is conspiring to make us whole, guiding us to our best self. We receive information and/or signs all the time. Much of our intuition is seeing/reading the signs all around us and gleaning the most insight to make the best decisions.
Water has many different meanings for me, one being emotions. For the past few weeks my husband and I have been, shall we say, “discussing an issue.” Needless to say, without resolution. Thus it is not surprising to me that my sink has been all clogged up. Dirty, water, old stuff mixed with the new, sitting in my kitchen sink. Truly in the center of my home, in the center of my life.
I was thrilled last week when the plumber came and seemed to fix the problem so easily and quickly. My husband let me know the sink was still not working the next day. I went to where we all seek refuge –denial. “Dear, it’s fine. You don’t know. What did you put down there?” Later too, I discovered he was right, the problem was still not fixed. The next day I called the expert again, the plumber.
He came with much bigger equipment this time, but today, happily, he fixed it. The clog was very deep. He had needed to go further down the pipe last time. He was even baffled at times today before he finally completely cleared the problem.
As I watched the plumber drive away, I smiled and was gratefully reminded that sometimes the clogs are very deep and with the right equipment, the right support they can be cleared away.
My husband and I resolved our “issue of discontent” later that day. We had found the support we needed to make the best decision and the problem was cleared away.
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