why won't old men leave me alone?
“Did you lose a bet or something? Is that why you’re wearing that?”
I open up TikTok to a message from my best friend Abby. All I can see is a thumbnail that reads: “3 SIGNS OF A HIGH VIBRATIONAL PERSON” and her message below, saying “YOU!!!!!!!”
I’m flattered, because I sense it’s going to say something cute (we often send each other those ‘this is us in another life’ tiktoks).
What I learn, after watching the video, is that a “High Vibrational Person,” is someone who:
Animals and children are drawn to
Strangers easily approach
Can trigger others with their light
Today I want to talk about that second point.
Strangers have always approached me, and most of the time I love it. When I was travelling Canada and the USA last year with my dad, I genuinely had to start a tally chart in my notes to count the number of people who came up to me to compliment my clothing, or ask where I got something. I took a tally chart not to be vain, but because I thought I might write about it one day. Huh.
Once, when I was walking through a department store with another bestie, Nick, he pulled me aside and asked if I’d noticed the little girls staring at me from the aisle over. He told me that the way young people look at me with admiration is one of the things he loved the most about being out with me.
I’ll be honest, I mostly love being approached by strangers. Please ask me for directions! Yes I’ll tell you where my shoes are from! My dream life is living in a community where everyone knows each other and lends each other sugar and looks after one another’s kids, and we all share in the burdens and glories of daily life. I’m a community girl! I get it from my Dad.
But there are times, of course, that a certain type of man takes advantage of the openness I seem to have - my ‘High Vibrational Energy” if you will.