It was one of those moments…

Posted On: Sep 21st, 2016 at 12:05

It was one of those moments…
Just now I was walking in Lancaster town centre and was walking past a charity book shop.
I rarely go into charity shops these days, but as I passed the door and reached the end of the shop I stopped dead in my tracks for some reason.
I looked back and to my left and was peering inside the shop window from the street. 
That intuitive feeling was undeniable – I just had to go inside.
I could see the history section from the doorway and went straight towards it. As I reached the shelves there was one book, front cover facing towards me, on a plastic stand, and as I looked at the cover I thought to myself, “Why would they put this book facing outwards? It’s very specialised. Who on earth would ever buy this book when you’ve got the classic books on Ann Boleyn, the collapse of the Roman Empire, and all the other things that people buy, sitting there with their spines facing outwards?”
Of course, the book was placed there just for me and me only, and that magnetic pull that forced me inside the shop was the book calling out to me…
I have written the travelogues for these places but was stuck for much historical data at the time, and found them a struggle to write: 
https://www.stephenmaybury.co.uk/travelogue/10-xanthos/
and
https://www.stephenmaybury.co.uk/travelogue/11-letoon/
Xanthos and Letoon were a part of the Lycian culture, and my fascination with the cult of Leto, and especially Artemis, was fuelled by these sites when I visited them in 2014.
The moral of the story is – never ignore that intuitive guide that resides inside you. Always let it override thought, for it is your true essence. That intuition is your soul, the real you. Not the stupid voice in your head. ALWAYS follow your intuition and NEVER listen to the voice in your head!