Showing posts with label email reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label email reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Å gi vanskelige beskjeder


Å være medium er stort sett en veldig kjekk jobb. Spesielt når jeg kan hjelpe noen videre i sorgen eller gi noen en etterlengtet melding fra en de savner, er det en veldig takknemlig jobb. Men det er også oppgaver som er litt tyngre. I disse dager jobber jeg mye med å skrive ut readinger på det kommende året. Å sitte hjemme, foran pc'en og skrive readinger er virkelig å foretrekke, framfor å reise rundt på dårlige vinterveier denne tiden på året, og det er interessant å gi folk en pekepinn på hva neste år vil dreie seg om. I mange tilfeller har mottakeren noen spesifikke områder av livet de vil høre om, og aner derfor hva som vil være fokuset i tiden som kommer, men innimellom dukker det også opp nyheter som ikke er forventet...

Når de uventede nyhetene er gode, er det jo greit, men innimellom dukker det også opp litt vanskelige meldinger å levere. Jeg har som policy å alltid si sannheten. Hvis kundene mine spør om noe, skal de få svar, og hvis jeg kommer over noe som er viktig for kunden min å vite, vil jeg fortelle det som det er. Noen vil kanskje si at det er grusomt å gi folk dårlige nyheter, som at man skal bli syk, at man står foran et samlivsbrudd, er blitt øyet for eller at noe man har håpet sterkt på ikke vil skje. Men min erfaring er at dersom man får slik informasjon er det fordi man kan takle det, eller fordi man trenger en liten advarsel om at dette vil skje, slik at man får forberedt seg litt.

Og forbausende mange av dem jeg gir readinger til, reagerer nettopp slik: De tar informasjonen med fatning og går konstruktivt videre med det de driver med. Ofte sier de at dette er noe de har mistenkt en stund og at det er godt å ha det bekreftet, selv om det er dårlig nytt.

Hvorfor det er slik, kan jeg ikke si med sikkerhet, men hver eneste uke i jobben min møter jeg mennesker som minner meg på hvor sterke vi er fra naturens side. Folk takler det utroligste ting, spytter i nevene og går videre med krum nakke. Og etter å ha fulgt noen av kundene mine en stund, ser jeg at informasjonen vi får om ting som skal skje, alltid kommer i en form og dose som vi kan takle, som gjør at rekker å sette beina stødig under oss før jorda skjelver. Og det er utrolig godt å vite! Vi får ikke vite mer enn vi klarer å bære. VI får bare vite nok til å gjøre oss i stand til  takle det som kommer. Så hvis du, mot formodning, skulle oppleve å få en Reading med et budskap du ikke ønsket deg; ta et øyeblikk til å tenke over hvor heldig du er som har fått en advarsel. De aller fleste situasjoner løses lettere om de takles på et tidlig stadium, og med en liten advarsel i forkant, kan man være forberedt når stormen blåser opp.

Livet er ikke for pyser, sies det. Heldigvis er ikke mange av mine kunder pyser ;-)

Ha en fin dag!

Simon (og Eva)

Friday, 3 June 2016

Horse holidays











 Today has been busy. I'm getting the website ready for the summer e-mail readings campaign. I've been persuaded that, as so many people taking a reading want to know about their love situation, potential partners, new and old relationships etc, I should make an offer designed just for them. So, that's what I have done. Each reading will be about half and A4 page and cost only 399kr.



Anyway, my afternoon is going to be cut short because one of our horses is taking a summer holiday in Litjdalen and so needs to be moved. Last time I moved this horse, I ended up with two broken fingers! It was my own fault, I thought I was stronger than the horse and she proved me to be oh so very wrong – did Milton-Jones learn his lesson? Hmmmm, I can't be too sure but I do plan on keeping all my fingers this time.

I like having horses, they are lovely animals but I'm not the best rider in the world. When riding, I see myself looking like this . . . 

but know I actually look more like this . . .


There is something special about getting out into the nature on the back of a horse. The world feels like it slows down and life falls into perspective. There is time to appreciate how clever mother nature is – until your horse gets spooked by a tree half a kilometer away and you end up lying on your back, staring up at your velvet-nosed friend. Another reminder of who is the boss, I guess.

Anyway, my point in all of this is that it's good to get out into nature, be face to face with the ground, stand beneath the mountains, and remember how small we actually are. Time marches on at it's constant pace, regardless of what fun we have or what problems we are facing. But putting life into perspective every now and then is important. None of us are bigger than mother nature and our time here in this world is awfully short. So, carpe diem folkens! ! ! Cease the day.

Happy fredag alle sammen :-D

Monday, 18 April 2016

Spring fling!


Now that we've moved from the lofty heights of Gjøra to the centre of the sprawling metropolis that is Sunndalsøra, spring has taken me by surprise! Usually, I would be cursing that there is never going to be enough time for my vegetables to grow before harvesting. Now, I'm thinking damn it, I should have had my squash and carrots in the ground already! Nature has beaten me to it again!

Thankfully, I am getting more time at home these days, less travelling around the country and so there is time enough to play at being the gardener. It's not that I don't like travelling around Norway, but what with four children, three horses, a wife and a dog, my time is much better spent closer to home.

Pleasantly, it does allow me to work in a very effective way – e-mail readings. There is something to be said for being able to shut the world out, connect with a client and write a reading in the comfort of my own office (steaming bowl of lady grey to the left). There is such a benefit to having a reading presented to you in black and white, or blue and white . . . or green and white, depending on what mood I'm in. It allows clients to be able to read it again and again, rather than having to remember what what said, face to face.

Sticking to the memory of spring, here at the international headquarters of Simon Milton-Jones Healer and Medium, we are offering e-mail readings at half price (500kr). Other than arguing with Mother Nature about when the squash seeds should have been planted, spring is usually a time of renewed vigour, stamping your feet into the ground and making big decisions. There is something about it all that gives us a sense of empowerment, optimism and a feeling that things are on their way up.

So, for me, this spring, I plan on doing more and more e-mail readings, not just so I will have time closer to home but also because it's a nice way of connecting with my clients and giving them something personal and memorable. As of writing this blog, I still have no seeds in the ground but I do have a very nice 40 year old gressløk plant (chives) that is declaring itself the supreme winner of all things coming early this year. Impressive.