I just want to say to all of you that are worried, listen to your spirit guides, meditate, pray -whatever it is you do to find the source and the answers to your questions. I believe that we are exactly where we need to be for our soul's growth. If you think you should move or not, you need to ask for guidance and see what you hear but you can't do that if you are fearful. Let go of the fear - there are things that are going to happen that are beyond our control - things happen all throughout our lives that we never saw coming and that's just because we are here to learn and grow in a soul sense. I'm in Arizona and even though it's a "red" state, I know that this is where I'm meant to be. I would say, don't focus so much on the politics but look at your community and how you feel living in it. Do you feel at home? Peaceful? Do you love it? If not, then maybe it's time to move but ASK and then listen for the answer - it can come to you from other people, from a tv show, from a song, from a persistent thought...years ago when I moved here from Florida I saw Arizona everywhere - every time I turned on the TV there was a sports game from AZ or some news about it, or someone around me was talking about it, or I saw pictures...spirit does communicate with you everyday, just listen...peace to you all...
I love that advice! On of my favorite maxims is "Bloom where you are planted." Maybe it is because there are so many places and possibilities, one can waste a lot of time running around and it is so tempting as the grass always looks greener some where else. Unless you are truly uncomfortable where you are and like you said, there will be all kinds of direction thrown your way by guides/spirit in the form of songs on the radio, people's stories, news stories that jump at you, dreams, invitations etc. that it will be on your mind. I almost moved to Nashville in 2005. I felt I could just relocate there by sheer will I think. First off, my mother and siblings had moved there and were for sure not moving again, they were settled for 10 years there. I got myself a nursing license in TN and kept it up. My husband started traveling for his job and was working in Alabama-- he had mostly been in states around there and honestly, it was very central so traveling would not take him as long. My son was in middle school, had many issues and I ended up sending him down to stay with my sister and finish the year out there in February. I applied for a job and had an offer. I painted my house and we got signed up with a realtor to sell our home, I packed everything up and I put in my notice and drove down. After the first few weeks, I was extremely exhausted. I was working nights, had a car accident, and the accent -- at first I was unconsciously picking it up and then boomeranged into my strongest downstate accent. Our home in NY was not selling. I was really missing it and when I was looking for homes, I was surprised at the higher prices (their market is much more competitive). The hospital I worked at seemed to have some very large flaws and I had reason to fear for my license. Then I got the news that my father, who still lived in NY had lung cancer. I considered that we were more than 1/2 way paid off on our mortgage already, the loans I was being offered down there were double loans that were pretty much predatory (turns out it was the height and last gasp of the housing bubble). So we decided to move back. It was the best decision. My mother was not very happy about it-- she felt that if I really wanted, I could have made things work down there. It made a lot of sense to move there but I just did not feel at home there... and I like Nashville. I just had that feeling it was not to be. I've learned not to fight that anymore.