warding off evil

Strange how things happen and they seem unrelated but then suddenly it all makes sense. Sunday I was at the Abbott Kinney Street Festival and I bought a beautiful necklace. It's a long gold chain with a big round coin and a gorgeous ruby bead. The coin has an image of Ganesha on it. Come to find out later that day that a very dear close family friend passed away the day before. So despite my finding beauty in an image I had seen many times over I was suddenly drawn to it only to find out I needed the power of the deity "right here, right now" (to quote Mo Willems).