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Angels
Barbara A. Glanz, CSP
I was speaking two weeks ago at the Safety Harbor Spa and Resort in Safety Harbor, Florida, (note the significance of the name…..) and as a gift, the client gave me a massage and facial the night before. These last months have been a very hectic time for me, still without an assistant, and I had been working until the early morning hours every night when I wasn’t on the road, so this was a precious time of renewing and refilling my spirit!
I had had the massage at 4:00, then a light dinner at their lovely restaurant, and at 7:00 pm I was scheduled for a Facial. About half way through, when my eyes were covered, I was feeling so very relaxed and close to God that I began praying and thanking Him for all the beautiful people who have blessed my life.
Near the end of a wonderful experience while I was still lying with my eyes covered, the technician, Michelle, very hesitantly said to me, “I am not sure if I should ask you this or not, but do you believe in angels or spiritual things?”
I answered, “Oh, my, YES, I do!”
She then told me that there was a light beside me that had not worked for three years. She said they had had electricians there numerous times over the years, and no one was able to find out what was wrong with it.
Incredulously, she said that about half way through my treatment, that light came on – for the very first time in three years!
We were both in awe (and a bit teary) and immediately hugged one another because we knew we had experienced something beyond our understanding.
But then the most amazing thing of all happened……, when I walked out of that room to get dressed, THE LIGHT WENT OUT!
The next day Michelle came down to find me after I had finished speaking in the afternoon. She said various staff members had come in all day long and NO ONE could get that light to come back on again.
I feel sure that God and His angels were in that room with me that night. Even though these past few months have been some of the loneliest and most difficult times of my whole life, my light CAN still shine. All I need to do is to focus on my blessings!
BARBARA GLANZ BIO
For free articles you can use in your company newsletters and an archive of dozens of immediately applicable "Ideas of the Month," go to www.barbaraglanz.com. Barbara Glanz, CSP, works with organizations that want to improve morale, retention, and service and with people who want to rediscover the joy in their work and in their lives. She is the author of CARE Packages for Your Customers: An Idea a Week for Customer Service (McGraw-Hill 2007), The Simple Truths of Appreciation: How Each of Us Can Choose to Make a Difference (Simple Truths 2007), What Can I Do? Ideas to Help Those Who Have Experienced Loss (Augsburg Fortress 2007), The Simple Truths of Service -- Inspired by Johnny the Bagger by Ken Blanchard and Barbara Glanz. (Simple Truths 2005) , Balancing Acts -- More than 250 Guiltfree, Creative Ideas to Blend your Work and your Life (Dearborn 2003), Handle with CARE -- Motivating and Retaining Employees (McGraw-Hill 2002), CARE Packages for the Workplace -- Dozens of Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work (McGraw-Hill 1996), The Creative Communicator (McGraw-Hill 1998), CARE Packages for the Home (Andrews McMeel 1998), and Building Customer Loyalty (McGraw-Hill 1994). As an internationally known speaker, trainer, and business consultant who has a Master's degree in Adult Education, Barbara lives and breathes her personal motto: "Spreading Contagious EnthusiasmTM." She has presented on all seven continents and in all 50 states since 1995. For more information, she can be reached directly at 941-312-9169; Fax 941-349-8209; email: bglanz@barbaraglanz.com; website: www.barbaraglanz.com.
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