Uplift: finding wisdom when you feel stuck

I felt blocked. I’ve been worried about household finances and what path to take forward. I didn’t know how I’d get beyond this situation. So, I meditated like I often do at such moments. What arrived was not so much reassurance. It was a visitor and a teaching.

I closed my eyes. While I do not “hear voices”, I don’t know how else to express this than to say, this is what I heard…

(BEGIN) “Having been brought up with the concept of separation, you as human beings are very much focused on the less than 1% of creation that is matter rather than the energy of everything”.

I felt compelled to open my eyes. I saw a chameleon crawling along the wooden window ledge next to me.

Lets try right….

It was also now brown with very delicate patterns along its spine. While it could see through the window the way “out there” seemed impossible. It crawled back and forth along the window ledge restlessly, then up the side of a pair of binoculars hanging right there. All to no avail.

Lizard crawling on a wooden window frame looking to get outside. A pair of binoculars hangs adjacent to it. It is illustrates the story. Copyright 2026 Marian Haftel Smith
Lets try this way…

I opened the window then scooped him up to let him out. He struggled, fought capture and then was free. I closed my eyes and the message resumed. It is not a voice it is more like thoughts that rise from within me.

“You are like the lizard climbing up your binoculars, seeing yourself as ‘separate from’ when you are ‘a part of’ what you notice, looking “out there” for answers.

You are no more separate from it than that lizard, who turns brown as he crawls across wood then green if among the leaves. He is cute, beautiful from a different perspective further along in the spiral of creation.

The lizard is lost, bumping against the glass he cannot get past although he sees beyond it. And your hand, which he fears, helps him to the other side although he struggles against you. You help him anyway and he is now free. Such hands are there for you as you bump against symbolic glass” ( END).

Perspective

To receive this message from my inner knowing did not “fix it”. What it did do, with this beautiful synchronicity of this little lizard bumping up against glass then crawling up binoculars of all things, gave me a sense of peace that I am not alone. And for now, this inner wisdom, it is enough. I can trust the way will open, if I’m paying attention.



Copyright 2026 Marian Haftel Smith
Looking Out There When the Answer Is Inside

This sort of thing is something that I do. I believe all people have access to this inner wisdom. It is something I encourage others to do if they are open to it at all. When you can see where you want to go but keep bumping against something you can’t quite name. If this resonates with you, please get in touch. It is within you.

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