Have you ever had someone “butt-dial” you by accident? If you have, do you normally just hang up after figuring that out or have you ever actually paid attention to what was going on the other end of that accidental call? Recently, I faced this very thing with someone I considered to be a pretty decent friend, but when I heard what was being said about me on the other end of their butt-dial, I wondered if it had been my Higher Power watching out for me somehow.
Sometimes I think my Higher Power really does step in when it’s for my greatest good and allow things like a butt-dial to happen for a specific reason. In this case, I had just contacted this friend looking to see how their day went, yet upon calling them, it sounded as if they picked up and then accidentally hung up. So when my phone rang shortly after that with their name on my caller id, I assumed they had simply hit the wrong button on their phone. But after saying “Hello?” a few times to no avail, I listened for a moment and suddenly heard my name, except it wasn’t being spoken directly to me. Instead it was being said to whomever my friend was in the car with and sadly, what was said after that didn’t appear to be very nice at all.
Ironically, up until that point, I actually had been praying on and off about this person for some time because of multiple experiences with them where each had left me wondering if this person truly valued me a friend or not. On some level, I kept finding myself in the position of giving far more than receiving with them, yet, I’m also one of those people who try to see the best in everyone, which usually ends up translating into a friendship lasting far longer than it was originally intended to.
With all that being said, although you may think it strange, I’m inclined to believe this butt-dial was essentially my Higher Power’s answer to all those prayers I had been sending out about this friend for some time. And while you also might think I’d be somewhat resentful about the amount of time and dedication I placed into that friendship throughout the previous year, I ended up feeling quite the opposite. You see, my Higher Power helped me to transform it into something much better, which was gratitude. Gratitude that I could now detach from this person with love and place my energy into much healthier friendships.
So the next time you get a butt-dial from someone you might be having doubts about on any level, maybe it’s the Universe working in a strange way to communicate a message to you that will provide you such much-needed clarity.
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
