It's like Quantum Leap

​​Sometimes, being a lightworker feels a bit like waking up inside The Truman Show or Pleasantville.

​On the surface, everything looks just right, even cheery, but you start to notice the tiny cracks. Something nags at you that there’s more, that not everything is what it seems.

The main character isn’t settling for the story others have handed them. They start to pull at the loose threads and find what’s real for them, even when no one else can see it at first.

But when you really look for a story that fits the lightworker’s real-life experience, I think I've thought of something even better. Keep reading.

Ready for a Quantam Leap?

​Remember the show Quantum Leap, the one with Scott Bakula? I think it started back in the 80s.

​In each episode, Dr. Sam Beckett never knew where he’d land or whose mess he’d drop into next. He slipped into lives at random, often right in the thick of heartbreak or chaos, and he didn’t get to pick the story.

He had to figure out what to fix to help, to make things better, and he was always doing it hoping he might find his way home. He had to trust timing, trust himself, and act with kindness even when he was lost too.

That’s the thing with being someone who cares this much. You end up caring about people who aren’t noticing the cracks yet. Most days, you arrive on the scene in the middle of stories that aren’t neat or tidy.

​You do your best in whatever role you get, whether you asked for it or not. Sometimes the hurt lingers, and you wish you could just step out of the script. But you keep going, surprising yourself with how much you hold on to hope.

Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a brilliant physicist, accidentally gets trapped in time after a disastrous experiment with his own time-travel project. [Each week] Sam's mind leaps into the bodies of different people from various historical eras, experiencing their lives and challenges. [The goal is] to correct past mistakes, or "put right what once went wrong," to affect positive changes in the lives of the people he inhabits. - Google's AI Overview

My Lightbulb Moment

The other day, while listening to guitar music, I got swept up in old memories. Childhood felt both clear and far away.

Out of nowhere, Scott Bakula’s face popped up in my mind, and the meaning slid into place. We’re all Sam.

He jumped into someone else's life each week, but only for an episode. We jump in for a lifetime!

While we’re here, we play the role we’ve landed in and try to help along the way. Maybe we even reach out to those around us, spreading a little more comfort.

But here’s where things get funky. We forget that this isn’t our story. We start to believe every feeling, heartbreak, and fear belongs to us. We cling to the role and let the pain settle in.

​So you end up mistaking the part you’re playing with your real self. And it’s easy to think you’re stuck with this one script, especially if it hurts.

The light dims. The story you’re telling gets becomes more and more painful.

But here’s the truth. You’re not just the actor reading lines or the helper running damage control. You’re the one holding the whole script.

You get to say when it’s time for a new scene.You can pause, breathe, and remember who you really are behind the role and the story and the pain.

You can make your own quantum leap. Into your real story.

When you do, things begin to shift. The struggle might not vanish, but it won’t have the same weight.

You are not just the part you’re playing. You are so much more.

You can step away from the story and return to your real self, who is always waiting.

This doesn’t mean you have to fix everything or get it right every time. It’s normal to forget, or to feel buried under all the feelings you pick up from others.

That’s okay. You can always come back to yourself, right here, right now, breath by breath.

Putting your hand to your heart, listening to your favorite calming music or nature sounds, soaking in the quiet, or just letting yourself be.

Remember that you don’t have to carry it all. 

Letting go of what's not yours is where your real power is. And the comfort you give others? You can offer it to yourself too.

​Let me know how this hits you, in a comment.

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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