Angelic Pathways by Chantel Lysette Read Free Book Online

and not even get a winning lottery number while my phone is ringing off the hook with calls from bill collectors.
    All in all, working with the angels, or divinity as a whole, does not make life easier by any stretch of the imagination. There are days when I think what many see as a gift of intuition is really more a burden. The responsibility that comes with it is oppressive, to say the least. Any medium with a genuine connection to the divine, and with even a modicum of self-respect, knows that it’s not a matter to be taken lightly, because in the end, we are answerable to a Higher Power, the very one that sends the archangels to connect with us to begin with.
    Ironically, the mighty sting of being in direct employment of the divine is not too dissimilar to being in the service of humans. It’s your job to keep your employer happy and pleased with your work, but you can’t really expect your employer to reciprocate that favor. In fact, Michael has told me on more than one occasion, “It’s not our job to make you happy.” And he’s right. The archangels’ vows are many, but making us humans happy ain’t one of them. Invariably, that is our job, and based on my many years of working with clients and even looking back at my own life, I have to say that we humans generally suck at creating real, lasting happiness. I liken it to sand. We can pick up happiness here and there by the fistful, but for whatever reason, it tends to slip through our fingers, leaving only a few grains … remnants of what once was. And then, like the foolish humans we are, we pick up another handful.
    All the while, the archangels watch over us. Most look on with compassion in their eyes. Others cant their heads in bemusement of just how dense the human race is. Still others roll their eyes or turn away with a scowl of disdain. Regardless of an angels’ feelings toward us, they all express the same sentiment: “And to think you humans asked to come here.”
    Yep, that’s the crux of it. We asked for this, and now that we’re here, we’re searching for something, anything, to fill us with the same feeling of elation that can only be gotten in the spirit world anyhow! Archangel Uriel says we’re slow learners, while Archangel Michael takes a more diplomatic approach and says we’re simply brave, adventurous souls.
    Whatever we are, we’re here under the watchful eyes of the archangels, our brothers and sisters in spirit, the ones entrusted to guide us and bring about our fate, however it must come. They’re a hodgepodge of personalities that I find entertaining most of the time and frustrating at others. As an angel medium, I wish my life could be like a Hollywood movie where I get to go on cool adventures and play the heroine that gets the guy in the end, but such is not the case.
    No, I get to live my life just as normally as anyone else, with perhaps a more acute sense of awareness of the goings-on in the spiritual world. Most of the time I tend to tune it all out, but when it comes knocking and I’m given an assignment from the Throne, I have to rise to the occasion. As with any job, there are good days and bad days. There are days when I say I could never live without the archangels by my side, and there are days when I wish I had never met an archangel. Either way, I recognize that working with them is an invaluable life experience, one that will no doubt affect me long after I’m done with this world.
    I would never discourage anyone from pursuing such connections to the Heavenly Hosts. Even if the angels don’t give you the answers you seek, you can at the very least be comforted by the fact that they are there. If there is a bonus to being a medium, it’s not having an easier life or having all the answers to the toughest life challenges, but knowing that there is someone on your team rooting for you. There is someone you can trust and know will love you unconditionally. There is someone who finds no fault in you even if