flirt

i just learned the term 'god-wink' a week or so ago. haley introduced it to me for things i commonly call 'synchronicities'. i like it a little better because it implies a greater intelligence participating in the synchronicity. a little touch of the divine. a sign, if you will. plus, it really requires little explanation - most people get it right away when i use it.

and i use it a lot.

god is a big ole flirt. really. winking up a storm at me.

one day last week when haley and i were playing tennis she commented that she'd like a new, bigger ball hopper.

haley: we should manifest one.
she did this once before. decided she wanted a ball hopper. didn't want to pay full retail. and wanted it a cool color, 'like orange.' (she's quite picky about color, in fact.) a couple of days after she set out to manifest it, she walked into a thrift store and there was an orange ball hopper right by the front door. for $3.
me: good idea! let's do it.
haley: and full of new balls, while we're at it.
me: pink balls!!
we laughed.

the next day, heading home after playing tennis, we see an empty ball hopper box alongside the road. set out for the trash men. can't say that i've ever seen a ball hopper box before in my life.

god-wink.

keeping an eye open for ball hoppers at a deal required me to check the going price. so i looked at sports authority when i was there shopping. i looked at ebay once. and craigslist. and then today i found a helluva deal on a ball hopper online. so i contacted the guy and i plan to pick it up. it's black, holds 110 balls, and comes empty. but only $20 - so it's still a deal.

and in my mind: god-wink.

but then tonight, i was over at nancy's and talking to her and a friend of hers about tennis. they remarked on how hot it was today and were dismayed that haley and i played for nearly three hours in the muggy, oppressive heat. the friend suggested we pick up these cold pack things for our necks, to wear while we played. i'd never heard of these before. before today that is. when haley recommended the same thing.

god-wink.

and then... since we're all big thrift-store shoppers, i asked them to keep an eye out for ball hoppers. figured it can't hurt to have a couple extra, right? and they said, 'ball hopper? what's that?' i pulled out my handy blackberry, went straight to ebay and pulled up the first page of items to show them a picture.

half way down the page, i see:

a pink ball-hopper, filled with pink balls.

GOD-WINK!

i needed it tonight. i needed the sign. i needed the divine reminding me that things are coming my way. that what i've asked for is reasonable and in process.

even if it's a pink ball hopper, filled with pink balls.

d: eyes open to god's winks.
b: i'm a master manifester. and haley's pretty good too.
g: all those years of flirting have finally paid off. big time.