Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen.
(excerpted from Prodigal Summer by barbara kingsolver)
(excerpted from Prodigal Summer by barbara kingsolver)
i love hearing how the universe delivers messages to different people. we're all constantly filtering, so when i meet people that are seeing the signs, literally and figuratively, i'm always impressed they are paying attention.
like, i have one friend who is especially attuned to birds... birds in formation, birds in motion.. they appear in his life in the most synchronistic ways.
someone else i'm very close to often gets quite pointed answers off car vanity plates. recently she was stuck in an unexpected traffic jam late at night. sitting and wondering why - a license plate becomes visible 'CRASH1A'. *shrug* some people need their signs to be very, very literal.
for me it happens a lot with music.. ipod on shuffle and the next song is the one i was just talking or thinking about.
admittedly these are quirky ways to tune in, and i don't discount them for that. but what i really love is connection. connection with real people, known and unknown. especially the latter. i always find that i'm already connected to strangers i encounter and the real lesson to me comes in the discovery of how.
i haven't always been so open to meeting strangers. it's a way i've grown in the past year. sure, i'd shake hands with anyone i was introduced to, but then turn and put my energy into people who were safe and familiar and known.
then the first time i opened myself to a stranger, i made a dear friend who i'm certain will be in my life for years and years to come. the next hundred times, i made someone smile or laugh and they did the same for me. small gifts given and received.
and then one time, i walked into a familiar place, with a familiar group of faces, and made a stranger-connection that's reminded me of the impalpable thread on the web of life.. and now i am celebrating the world made new for the chosen.
d: my mom has always said, 'don't wish away your life', and 'the power of now' is a favorite book of mine.. yet.. i have to say that my d today is for my friday work day to pass quickly and without incident because i'm more than ready for the weekend.
b: i'm two weeks away from giving up tv!
g: less pain, more mobility. flector ftw.
like, i have one friend who is especially attuned to birds... birds in formation, birds in motion.. they appear in his life in the most synchronistic ways.
someone else i'm very close to often gets quite pointed answers off car vanity plates. recently she was stuck in an unexpected traffic jam late at night. sitting and wondering why - a license plate becomes visible 'CRASH1A'. *shrug* some people need their signs to be very, very literal.
for me it happens a lot with music.. ipod on shuffle and the next song is the one i was just talking or thinking about.
admittedly these are quirky ways to tune in, and i don't discount them for that. but what i really love is connection. connection with real people, known and unknown. especially the latter. i always find that i'm already connected to strangers i encounter and the real lesson to me comes in the discovery of how.
i haven't always been so open to meeting strangers. it's a way i've grown in the past year. sure, i'd shake hands with anyone i was introduced to, but then turn and put my energy into people who were safe and familiar and known.
then the first time i opened myself to a stranger, i made a dear friend who i'm certain will be in my life for years and years to come. the next hundred times, i made someone smile or laugh and they did the same for me. small gifts given and received.
and then one time, i walked into a familiar place, with a familiar group of faces, and made a stranger-connection that's reminded me of the impalpable thread on the web of life.. and now i am celebrating the world made new for the chosen.
d: my mom has always said, 'don't wish away your life', and 'the power of now' is a favorite book of mine.. yet.. i have to say that my d today is for my friday work day to pass quickly and without incident because i'm more than ready for the weekend.
b: i'm two weeks away from giving up tv!
g: less pain, more mobility. flector ftw.
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