The Spiritual Experience of Stepping in Sh*t

by Deb Acker
Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019
Abundance

The other day I had an experience that might be considered negative. You see, the other day I stepped in shit. Literally. This reminded of a time in my life that I had forgotten about where I was traveling through Europe as a young adult and this kept happening to me. During those times, I wasn’t aware of the patterns it may have been trying to show me or the gifts it had for me. This time, though, was different. We were coming home from dinner, and first and foremost, I had gotten the hit we should go the other way […]

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