The Universe is Always Speaking

A few days ago I saw this quote on Facebook and saved it so I could print it. I keep things like this, that speak to me, pasted in a visual journal type of book. Anyhow, when I went to print it, something happened to our printer that was a mystery even to my techno-geek husband. Neither of us could get the printer to work. A little later, I forgot it wasn't working and out of habit pressed Print to print something else. This time it worked and it started spewing multiple copies of the page with this quote on it. I swear I hadn't set it to print more than one copy originally. It finally stopped printing after about 15 pages. I've printed other things since then. Today, I walked into the office and one copy of this page was sitting in the printer. I haven't printed anything for a day or two so I don't know where it came from or why it printed this same page again. I originally saw this quote during a time a few days ago when I was really discouraged and decided it was time to let go of a few things that meant a lot to me because they just weren't going anywhere, that they were causing more pain than joy. Now this quote is printing over and over. I guess the universe is really trying to get my attention. By the way, if you want a hard copy of this let me know. I've got lots of copies! :)

A Little Christmas Magic

I'm a Grinch. I admit it. I don't really like Christmas. Too much to do, buying for the sake of buying, commercialization, etc. I could just skip it. This year I still feel the same. Today, driving to work, I was really trying to put myself into better spirits. Yesterday had been a terrible day to drive to work. It had snowed and traffic was terrible. It took me an hour to go 5 miles. Today was definitely better. However, I still was feeling the "Christmas funk."  Then, while sitting at an intersection I looked up and there was Santa standing in the median. He was holding a sign that said "Honk for Santa! Sunny 95 (radio station)."  For some reason this put a smile on my face. It's not every day you see Santa in the middle of the road! I found some Christmas tunes on the radio and even sang along! The rest of the day I was in much better spirits.

Later in the day, at home, I finished putting up the Christmas lights on the tree in the front yard but the extension cords weren't working so I decided to leave it until later when Dwight got home. I had to go somewhere about 5:00. As I pulled out of the driveway I noticed that the tree was all lit up. How could this be? It wasn't even hooked up to a cord and plugged in. Then I realized that the sun was setting right behind the tree, catching and illuminating the tiny Christmas lights. It was like magic for a brief couple of seconds. A perfect magical end to the day! I think this Grinch's heart grew three sizes today!

International School

Tonight in my ESL class we took a group picture. Later, when I was looking at it and at all of the different nationalities represented in the group, I kind of got the chills. When I was a kid I used to play a game I called "International School" with all of the dolls my grandma had gotten me during her travels. It was like playing Barbies only with international dolls. I had a school for them and I came up with names and "back stories" that matched their countries. I did all the research in encyclopedias and came up with authentic names and cities they were from based on their country. Weird, I know, but that was me!  Fascinated by all things international. As I looked at the picture of my ESL group I realized that it was kind of like my "International School" come true!

Lost and Found Magic

When I came back from my last trip to Spain I thought I had lost an earring that I really liked. The earrings were a gift from Juan and Agueda so they were extra special to me. I looked through my cosmetic bag and everywhere else I could think an earring might be in my luggage and purse. It seemed that the earring was gone. This past weekend I was visiting my college roommate, Amy. I opened my travel cosmetic bag and heard something clink on the floor. I discovered that it was the missing earring! I'm not sure exactly where it was but I'm guessing that it had fallen into a pocket-like area created by the zipper.I must've unzipped the bag further this time than before which opened up the pocket and the earring fell out. I told Amy about finding the earring. She said, "I hope some of that finding luck rubs off on us. Megan lost her Pandora bracelet a week or so ago." Later that day while we were out Megan texted Amy to tell her that she had found her bracelet in the clothes hamper, caught on some of her clothes! The Finding magic worked!

Fortune

Today I found a picture from 1987 of the DLA intern group I started my career with. On the back of the picture I found an old, yellowed fortune from a fortune cookie. It said, "You are one of the the people who goes places in life."  It made me smile because who would've known how true that would be 25 years later?!   No, I'm not a CEO or even a senior manager but my career has sent me to more than 20 states and 2 foreign countries. Apart from that, since 1987 I've probably been to a few more states than that on my own and to four more foreign countries! I really have gone places. So lucky!

Law of Attraction

I truly believe in the Law of Attraction. I have experienced. I have to admit, though, that when I get in a funk, even though I understand the Law, I just can't get myself thinking right and know that I'm not sending out good vibes. Today I woke up in one of those funks. I've been like that a lot lately. Then on Facebook I saw that Michele had posted the picture below. I had also seen this quote on Facebook a few days ago. All of a sudden I thought, "OK, what if I turned my thinking around and assumed that everything was going to go my way instead of against me. What if I assumed the best instead of the worse?"  It felt weird but I tried to think that way. Later that morning I got a nice email from a friend that I thought had shut me out of their life and that I may never hear from again. That turned around my thinking even more. Maybe all was not lost. Maybe everything I assumed they were doing against me wasn't even real.  I have also felt down about travel opportunities that seem to be falling through. I love to travel and have trips to look forward to. Last night Dwight and I had been talking about how fun it would be to go visit our niece in San Antonio. Today, he called me from Wisconsin and said that we should start planning the trip because he gave up his seat on the plane today for a later flight and got a $500 voucher!

Connected by Satellite

A funny little coincidence to share today . .  I was driving home from work and listening to Sirius Satellite radio. I haven't listened to the 80's channel in a long time so I turned to that. A song was playing, "Punk Rock Girl" by the Dead Milkmen. I vaguely remember the song but stopped to listen to it because I used to like that group. Later when I got home I saw the Facebook status of a friend I used to work with (that now lives in Colorado), "Big smile on my face - just heard "Punk Rock Girl" by the Dead Milkmen on the radio today."  I haven't heard of that song in a long, long time and then twice in one night. I commented back to her that I had heard it too, on Sirius radio. She said that's where she heard it, too. So, we were connected across the miles by a song on satellite radio. Technology is everyday magic!

Punk Rock Girl