Page 2 - MidWeek Kauai - June 8, 2022

2 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK JUNE 8, 2022
with John Stephenson
Growing up, I was healed of various illnesses and inju-
ries as a result of my mother’s spiritual work. Her prayers worked in other ways, too. One example stands out.
On a particularly wet win- ter day in Pacific Palisades, California, my mother had me and my Cub Scout troop sculpting figures from multi- colored modeling clay while rain poured in buckets out- side our downstairs rumpus room. Suddenly, we felt water flowing around our feet. We turned to see Mom rushing down the stairs with an arm- ful of brooms. “Three of you grab a broom and sweep out the water!” she said. “The rest of you help me find where the water’s coming from.” We soon discovered that the whole back wall was seeping water.
Seeing this, Mom went right into prayer mode. She stood still, closed her
After being still and listening, the author’s mother came up with an ingenious way to temporarily stop a leaking wall: bubblegum.
Bubblegum To The Rescue
When the solution is simple, God is answering. – Albert Einstein
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My mother never panicked or appeared worried in
the slightest. She trusted that divine intelligence was available to help in any situation if we allow ourselves to be still and listen.
eyes and then yelled, “The clay! Everybody grab their clay and fill the holes.” She showed us what to do: Dry a hole with a paper towel and then stuff it with clay. With- in 20 minutes, we had every crater and blemish in the wall filled with multicolored clay. This was a victory! The water had been stopped ... for now.
drying a hole and stuffing it with stale bubblegum. The water stopped.
John Stephenson is a writer, filmmaker, artist, and spiritu- al teacher who has lived most his life in Hawai‘i. His book “Fullness of Joy: A Spiritual Guide to the Paradise With- in” is available on Amazon. More work is on his website alohamystics.com and his YouTube channel “The Alo- ha Mystic.”
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Another big downpour hit and water flowed from new holes. Mom prayed again, then ran upstairs and re- turned with a large bowl of bubblegum. It was left over from Halloween, but we kids did our duty, chewing madly,
It wasn’t the final solution — we eventually learned that the contractor had failed to seal the outside of the wall. Still, it was ingenious. My mother never panicked or appeared worried in the slightest. She trusted that di- vine intelligence was avail- able to help in any situation if we allow ourselves to be still and listen. I like to think that she is right. What could have been a disaster became one of my fondest childhood memories.
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