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Lyn Thompson Life is amazing! I never get used to the miracles, coincidences, gifts, grace and joy that each day ultimately brings. How in the world did I end up at Angel Valley – a dream that had started years ago when I worked for the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach? I am still asking myself even though I can follow the events that led me straight to here! When I joined the A.R.E. staff, we were all young couples with lots of hopes and dreams. Forming a community of like-minded people seemed like an ideal way to live and grow. However, our dreams were financially unrealistic at the time. The A.R.E. was having growing pains as Edgar Cayce started his long journey in becoming a household name. I stayed with them for almost ten years. Being practical was my nature and I applied this practicality to everything I did – including dream interpretation. I concluded that if I wanted to find out what life was all about I needed to live it fully. Thus began another ten-year-period of what I lovingly term my “gypsy” life. I bought a trailer to pull behind my Explorer with a goal to visit every state. I worked in seasonal jobs as I zigzagged up, down and across the United States. I love new experiences and found plenty of opportunities to do things I had never done before. In Durango, Colorado, I worked as a night auditor doing computer work in a motel; in Port Aransas, Texas, I managed the office at the RV park; in South Dakota I was a radio announcer; in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, I worked at Dollywood; in Bar Harbor, Maine, I bartended at a lounge with classical music as entertainment; in Ft. Myer, Florida, I bartended at a jazz and blues club; and in Huntsville, Alabama, I lectured at Space Camp just to highlight a few of the more exciting moments. I learned, practiced, studied and learned more as the cycle continued. One of the main lessons learned was that I am entirely responsible for my happiness, my sadness, my successes and my failures. Each and every experience is completely my own doing and I have the ability to live my life any way that I want. Last fall when I drove down the mountain from Jerome, I knew I had found a long-term home. Sedona is a stunning red rock city of 11,000 people with an environment much like a National Park. I had sent out several resumes wanting “something a little different” and wrote to an organization called Sedona Vortex Connections. I wondered if I might be giving tours in the vortex areas in little pink jeeps. Michael called me and said, “I don’t know why I’m calling you. I’m not ready to hire additional people yet but every time I throw your resume in the trash, I end up pulling it back out. So I decided just to call and talk with you.” I met with Michael and Amayra and learned about their plans and ideas for a spiritual community and retreat center, called Angel Valley. We agreed that I needed to be a part of their plans and today I am working to bring like-minded spiritual groups out to what now feels as “our” retreat center in Sedona. As
I live my life to the fullest, Lyn |
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