Hi!
I didn’t write last week because I didn’t feel like I had anything particularly helpful to blog about. Maybe next time, I will share a poem instead of not writing at all. We shall see…
Well, this week, I wanted to share something that happened to me that actually had me a bit out of sorts. I share this to emphasize the importance of trusting your own intuition.
About a week ago, after I meditated, I was on YouTube and I saw a pick a card video posted by The Gem Goddess. (I subscribe to her channel and I think she’s awesome and gifted.) So, I pick a card and proceed to listen to the reading…it was on point! I mean; spot on! She told me some great things as well as truths that I needed to hear.
I was reignited! I felt good.
About 10 minutes later, I noticed a YouTube notification and so I checked it out. It was a comment from Gem! I freaked out. It said, “message me on WhatsApp I have a vision for you.”
My mind was reeling. I was thinking ‘Wow. She actually responded to my comment, I wonder what she has to say…‘ ya know; things of that nature.
I don’t even have WhatsApp, but I downloaded it onto my phone and set it up so that I could message Gem.
She asked a few basic questions and I answered. She let me know that I needed a private reading; to which I said, okay. She then told me the price. It didn’t feel right to me, but I shook it off. After all, she’s The Gem Goddess!
She said that I needed to send her ‘a deposit’ so that she could schedule my reading via video call. I thought to myself, Let me stop being cheap. This is an investment. I’m investing in myself.
So I shrugged off that uneasy feeling and proceeded. I asked if she had cash app and she said yes. She sent me the info, and I looked up the name.
Wait, what?!
So I stopped in my tracks. That should be the end of the story, right? Wrong!
I got another message from “her”, asking if I had made the payment. When I responded that I didn’t because of the picture, she explained that he is her assistant and that her account has limits. Okay, I guess that makes sense…
All of this is happening while I’m running errands. I was driving up to my daughter’s job and received a WhatsApp video call. My sister answers it for me and I see the guy pictured. And then for a few seconds, I saw Gem Goddess on the screen. She was saying something but I couldn’t make it out. The signal dropped, but I figured it was because I was driving through the mountain area.
Seeing her on the screen; my skepticism faded. There was another message. Something to the affect of ‘see, I told you.’ Well, my mind was eased and I sent the payment through cash app.
After a little while of messaging back and forth, a began to feel like things weren’t right again. After a couple more basic questions, I noticed that the person’s speech patterns weren’t like hers at all. I realize that I don’t know her personally, but she didn’t at all come across how she does on the videos. And the things that were being said in this chat didn’t line up with the original reading. These things didn’t resonate with me at all!
And then I realized that I had been scammed. I don’t know how this con artist got access to her YouTube channel (I’m assuming that he hacked it) but this was not Gem Goddess.
At the risk of sounding dramatic; I felt violated. I had spoken to this person in confidence about things that were personal and private because I believed that they were someone else. And what’s more, this person took money from me!
I was upset, embarrassed, and hurt. But I’m okay now. It was a lesson learned, and now; more than ever I know to trust my intuition. We all have intuition. We all have light in us, and it is our duty to cultivate it, use it, and let it shine.
Trust yourselves beautiful people!
Until next time; much love. Be blessed and be free. 💜
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