What if the Element You Are isn't the One You Need?

Before I wrote my last post, I was already thinking about all things elemental and I created an elemental quiz.

I was curious about which element might help me most with some of the things I’m working on right now. So I created five possible results: Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Spirit.

And then, of course, I took my own quiz. And the results didn't surprise me. Not because I knew the quiz, but because it matched the way I see myself.

The quiz told me I needed more support from Water, but my secondary influence should be Air. But when I decided to re-read the results I had written, neither of those two made much of an impression.

It was the one for Spirit that grabbed me. I had not chosen one of the spirit answers, but its result was the one that spoke to me.
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Could the element you are be different from the element you need?

Why the "Wrong" Result
​Called to Me

Let's look at the timeline for all of this exploration. You'll see why in a minute.

So, I created the quiz and took it and was surprised by what happened with the results.

Then a few days went by, and I wrote about AI, spiritual teachers and truth. This weekend, I attended what I like to think of as the gatekeeper's workshop (LOL) and wrote my post about not trusting our inner knowing.

When I decided to write this post, I went back to look at the quiz, just to remind myself about what each result said and so on. Wait 'til you see what I found. 

Here's the result for Spirit...
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Are you thinking you need one more book, one more podcast, or one more certification? ​What you may need, instead, is a deeper connection to the inner knowing you already have.

What??? Cue the ROFL emoji! The quiz result knew what I needed to write about and explore before I did.
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Wrong Result or Wrong Question?

Now I'm wondering if I asked the wrong question. OR if I need more than one answer. Because maybe there are several different questions...

​Which element feels most like me?
Which one do I reach for when life gets hard?
Which one comforts me?
Which one am I missing?
Which one might help me change?
Which one is calling to the future self I’m becoming?

Now, normally, this is where I would go looking for someone who knows more than I do. I’d find a book. A teacher. A training. Maybe another quiz.

But...when I asked myself those questions, my brain immediately handed me answers to almost every one of them. The only ones I'm not sure about are the last two.

So instead of looking elsewhere, what if I just stay with the questions for a while?

And see what else comes to me, in the quiet.

This wasn't the way I intended the quiz to work. But it looks like it worked the way that I needed.

See you next time!

​Love, Jeanine