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My Love Symbol, Rose The Hummingbird.
Submitted by: Lorrine Patterson
Milpitas, CAI earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. I have worked in the Hotel industry, Property Management, and Facilities Management with a focus on Customer Service. I am living proof that the human heart can withstand many hardships. I have overcome suicidal depression, survived three failed marriages and numerous relationships, but I never stopped trying to improve myself. I have has overcome the odds.
When I was going through a difficult situation at work in May of 2020, I decided to start listening to an audiobook called “The Power” by Rhonda Byrne. I already read and knew about her first book “The Secret” so I had a strong feeling that The Power would guide me through this tough time. Every morning on my way to work I would listen to The Power. I got to a chapter called “The Power and You.” There was a part in this chapter that stuck with me called “Your Secret Symbol.” In this part of the book, Rhonda talks about playing with the law of attraction by asking to see physical evidence of the force of love.
You see, my difficult situation was having to deal with someone who showed no love and had a hard exterior shell. I knew I was never going to change her nor did I want to. I knew that I could only change my thinking towards her. Rhonda says “Think of something you love and make it your symbol force of love. Whenever you see your symbol or hear it, you will know that the force of love is with you.”
After I heard this, my immediate visualization was a hummingbird. I have always loved hummingbirds. I even got a tattoo of one in 1988. I knew it was my perfect symbol. I called it my love symbol. When I arrived home, to my surprise, hummingbirds were on my back patio feeding from our hummingbird feeder. Over the next few weeks and months, they were there almost every day.
I go to places now and see hummingbirds. They are everywhere! I feel so much love inside. When I arrive at work now, the unloving person is still the same person but now it does not bother me. I pray for her happiness and hope that one day she will find her ‘secret symbol’.
Today, I am visited by one special hummingbird almost every day. She responds when I call her name from my back patio screen. She is a beautiful hummingbird with a green back and a vibrant red head and neck. I named her Rose. She has been visiting me since 2020 and each time I see her, I am filled with so much love and joy. Thank you Rhonda for the guidance that gave me my love symbol.