4. Wise Man

“You need to give him your right hand,” Alice, my interpreter tells me.  I extend my right hand for the man who is about to read my palm.  I stumbled across his business and came in without an appointment.  I don’t know anything about his credibility, but I’m curious and open to what he’s going to tell me about myself.  He quickly goes to work, and I watch as he runs his fingertips along the lines of my palm.  Sometimes he stops for a few moments to study them closely with a magnifying glass.  This seems a bit excessive to me because he’s wearing oversized Harry Potter glasses that magnify his eyes.  He studies the area around my thumb for quite some time without asking questions or making comments.  He gently squeezes the mounts at the base of my fingers and nods his head.  I notice that his hands are soft as he slowly moves from the mounts.  He studies this area then nods again and starts to speak.  Alice translates, “You are a very organized woman.  Good in business.  Sales.  You have very strong and clever communication.  Good to write.”  I’m a little blown away by this first statement as I think about my 20-year career in sales.  And although I’m thankful for the confidence booster in terms of writing, I don’t say anything affirming to him.  I make sure not to give any hints that might influence his reading.  Alice continues to translate, “You have insomnia.  Good for you to press here.”  I watch as the wise man puts both of his hands around the back of my head and massages the area at the base of my neck and behind my ears.  This, to me, seems pretty obvious as a form of relaxation.  But while he’s doing it, he studies my face with an intense look in his eyes.  We stare at each other like this for what seems like hours before he continues.  “You have very large, round eyes.  Very shining,” he says.  “Good energy from your eyes.  Good for charity and helping others.  You give much.  Golden life brings you back more as gift.  Many blessings.”  I feel stunned and suddenly emotional by what he just said.  “Good to tell others to charity.  Use clever communication to share and help others to do.”  At this point there’s a palpable shift of energy in the room.  His accuracy makes me realize that he is tapped into something bigger than us.  Serendipitously, everything he’s telling me is happening in my life right now…  My thoughts take me back two weeks to when the president of the corporation I work for introduced me at a large meeting.  I’d been invited to give a presentation to encourage an audience of nearly 450 people to participate in National Volunteer Days and take part in community service.  I got creative with my content and included some photography and stories about my experiences in different parts of the world.  My hope was that by sharing what I’ve seen of the less fortunate, I would inspire them to support the company initiative.  “You listen, Lisa?”  Alice asks.  “Lisa?”  “Uh, yes,” I say, trying to tune back in while my mind races.  I try to focus.  “You no marry yet.  Soon.  How old you are?”  Alice translates my age to him.  “Not right time.  This your time for you.  Your focus different.”  This confirmation of what I already feel about marriage at this time makes me nod my head.  “Please tell him that he’s right — about all of it,” I say.  I listen as Alice interprets, and I see the wise man smile.  “Please also tell him that I’m very active with trying to help others and teaching myself how to become a writer.  This is very important to me.”  Alice translates this to him.  “He knows this.  You very clever in business and in communicate.  Good for you to tell and write.  Share this with people.  Good for book.”  Feeling a little overwhelmed, I think about the book I’ve been writing since my return from India in 2009…