MY JOURNEY IN PROSE

Yesterday was a typical Monday -  read, pump iron at my favorite gym, volunteer, and of course writing (my blog-Monday to Friday). It was a quiet afternoon. Greeting clients, answering the phone, and talking with some clients in Spanish. I have friends there and I look forward to it. When I am out of town they try hard to replace me!

Actually, yesterday was anything but typical. I was looking for paper and found a ream of it, with one  sheet that did not belong. Picture this - a ream of paper, on top was a typewritten sheet. I of course read this curiously mysterious prose. Here are the exact words I read:

"Your life has a journey. Grab a notebook, put the CD I'v enclosed on and go back as far as you can or care to noticing synchronicity in your life, when it happened and what was the result because of it. Also note what has been the journey you are on and finally, where is it taking you. Feel free to create it or guess where you are headed if you do not know. Please spend no less than an hour with this."

I read this and re-read it - astounded! Yet I wasn't, because my life has always been like this. Finding little clues and paying attention to what my world was teaching me. Storing them away so I can retrieve at will and at a later date. Intuition is important to each of us. Whether you feel you are intuitive or not, or you believe in intuition, it's important to listen to that voice. Intuition is simply a brief thought that makes a statement, or command. I am very intuitive and sometimes it's a curse, because I know things I wish I didn't.  However, my intuition has proven to help me immensely over the years. Remember what you learned in school? In a multiple choice test, usually the first choice you pick is the correct answer. Don't second guess. Pay attention to those precious clues in your life.

Back to my mysterious letter. Synchronicity: n  the occurrence of two or more events that appear to be meaningfully related, but not causally related. Meaningful coincidences. The concept of synchronicity was first defined by Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist in the 1920's.

Our lives are a journey. I hear you....I won't look up and define journey! Lol!! My favorite expression may be 'learn, grow, and change'. That includes listening to what is whispered to us in our daily lives, treating others as we would like to be treated, remembering we are all different personality styles, giving a helping hand, accepting those that offer a hand to us, speaking kindly, gratitude for everything, and ad infinitum. (Isn't that a fabulous word?)

This blog is my journey in prose. Sharing and hoping to inspire and teach others because that is how I  learn. Take each crisis as an opportunity to learn and grow. The word "crisis" when written  in Chinese, is composed of two Chinese characters. One representing "danger " and the other "opportunity". A crisis is an opportunity to learn. Simply put and never simple to go through. Yet, we are humans and life happens, as Forrest Gump reminds us.

Good day and God Bless!   Aleta

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get." -Forrest Gump