Hey... LISTEN!


My hands were shaky as I tried to keep hold of the phone.

"Are you still there?", said my friend Julia.

"yeah.... I'm still here.", I said trying to not show the shock in my voice from the news.

"I'm going to get off the phone, now. I have to go to work.", I said almost surprising myself, with the abruptness.

I hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

I had just discovered that one of my best friends had O.D'ed just the night before. This was a shock to many that were close to him. He had been sober for a couple of years at this point.

A few day later, my coworker came up to me and very sheepishly said, "ummmm. This might sound weird, but I have a message for you. Did you have a friend that recently passed?"

"Yes." I said confused. (I'm a pretty private person, so I had not told most of my co-workers the news of my friend.)

Keep in mind, that I hadn't really been sleeping much at this point. There was always something waking me in the night. And I'm normally a very deep sleeper.

My co-worker went on to tell me that this person was keeping her up at night until she passed this message along to me. Mind you, I had no idea this co-worker was a medium. It's not info she just passed around when she met you.

The message: Listen.

Just listen to The Universe/source/God... however you want to call it.

He meant to just listen more to instincts. That the Universe was always speaking to me, guiding me. I just had to listen...really listen.

This message has always stuck with me and I find myself getting reminders to do just that....listen.

Whether you "believe" or not, if you're still reading this email, a part of you does.

I, once again, received this message.

That's a pic of page 1 of a book from my one of my internet friends,

Sawrah Amini.

"Heart Threads. Messages from The Heart"

This book is a collection of thoughts, musings and life's little lessons and reminders, told from the heart of a truly spiritual being.

I've been using it daily since I received a week ago, and I'm loving it! Which is why I'm passing this along to you.

You can read it straight through, or do what I've been doing. Which is to pick it up and instinctively open it where it is meant to be. This is the message meant for me that day!

Sawrah has a wonderful resource, where you can get 22 pages of her beautiful book for FREE!

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR 22 PAGES FREE

That means, even if you don't buy the book, (Which you totally should! You still have 22 days to enjoy these little nuggets of wisdom!)

I am NOT an affiliate. I just believe strongly in the beautiful magic of this little book.

Tara "enjoying the message" Schafer

P.S. In case you scrolled to the end, grab the first 22 pages of my friend's book, "Heart Threads, Messages From The Heart" by Sawrah Amini

And don't forget to LISTEN

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