Late Bloomer: Review of The Seven Year Slip

Seven years ago, I would have been terrible for him. ... Seven years ago, I was someone else entirely, trying on different hats to see which one fit best, which skin I was comfortable with sharing. - Ashley Poston

As of this writing, I'm still not yet finished with the book, but I read that quote and had a moment of revelation, and now, here I am, writing this post.

​It started for Clementine with her aunt's apartment. She'd always told her it was magical.

She even explained that it took you back 7 years into your past, and warned Clementine not to fall in love with whoever showed up for her. Like she had done.

But Clementine still had big doubts, until her aunt was gone and it happened to her.

They were perfect for each other. But not ready for each other. 

They would not be ready until they met again 7 years later.
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"So you have met me in the future."

"Yes," I replied, and I memorized the soft furrow in his brow as if he was trying not to cry. "And you," I whispered, "are going to be amazing." - Ashley Poston

Me at Late Bloomer Central

What came to me in a flash was that maybe that was true for me, too, with my life's work!

Maybe I kept hitting upon the right focus, but my heart or soul was not yet ready. "I was someone else entirely."

​Which would mean that the didn't quite work out moments were meant to be and they were placeholders for the time when I would be ready.

Healed enough. Whole. Authentic and connected to my own divinity.

If I had found it sooner, what would have happened when my mother died and my life went to hell?

How would I have conducted VIP days from the living room couch of my friends' apartment? Or, a few years later, from the day room in the homeless shelter?

I needed the way those six years of hell would shape me. But God, I hope I'm ready to bloom now.
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What about You?

I suspect that the majority of the healers and lightworkers who will be drawn to me will also be late bloomers. But during these 30-day blog challenges I end up getting to talk to normal people. Relatively speaking. :)

Are you planted and bloomed? Is there a time in your past when you understand now that you wouldn't have been ready then?

Let me know in a comment.

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine