And another thing.

[angelak]

I am going to OLOTEAS this month.
Random announcement.
I am NOT avoiding OLO. Just to clear that stuffage up.
I LOVE OLO.

And all the special people who make up our community.
Random. It's been hard for me to get out there as of late and I don't want folks to think I've vanished off the planet. I exist. Honest. And I'll be there February. And reading through the month's announcement, it looks like it's going to be a great ritual.
I cannot wait! I feel so ritually deprived. :))))
And OH-MY-GODS-I need the hottub.
Soooooo cannot wait. It almost feels like I moved out of state and am coming back home.
Except I've never moved out of state.

X:

OH - and to single someone in particular out:
Omgs. Jessie KIRKBUS. You better be going to OLO. I NEEEEEDDDD Jessie time. Girl, you really are my hero.
About the name: haha. Kirkbus. Only the old SG members will get that.
AND she isn't the only one I'm dying to see. All of you - really.



Note from the universe. This one makes me think too hard.
Oh... to see dreams abandoned
in the name of logic, for being unreasonable, impractical, or pure fantasy, absolutely
breaks my heart.

But just as sad, is seeing logic abandoned in the name of dreams, with the sometimes overly simplistic rationale that “anything is possible”, “Thoughts become things”, “Dreams come true”. Ugh.

Logic has its place. Not because it helps depict the nature of reality (it doesn't), but because it can help chart a course of least resistance through a maze of sometimes-hard-to-detect, limiting beliefs, thereby leading to an action plan, bolstering faith, belief, and confidence, speeding up the whole manifestation process.

For example, let's say you dream of crossing a particular river that has a swift moving current, and in your mind, you think it can be done in one of two ways: you can either walk upon the water (which you know is possible), or you could physically train over a few months in order to swim it.

Now, how capable would you be of believing that you will ultimately achieve your dream (crossing the river), using either of the two ways? You'd be very capable. You'd believe, you'd immediately begin training, you'd find it easy to visualize yourself walking the shores on the other side, and it would be a done deal.

OK, now how about if you were only allowed to walk upon the water (which is the predicament people create when they solely rely on the magic to carry them through life)? Would you believe in your dream of crossing the river? Would you be psyched? Or scared? Would you start moving towards your goal, or be paralyzed?

The funny thing is that under the first scenario, with your visualizing and believing (as evidenced by your preparations), “the Universe”, depending upon your other beliefs, might intervene and whisk you across the river in ways you hadn't even known were possible, maybe even sending you a new best friend who could point out a nearby footbridge (I do that kind of thing, you know). But for the poor chap who insists upon the magic carrying him across... Well, he's likely still sitting on the bank, chanting, and ohm-m-m-ing, and vis-ualizing. Burning incense, sporting henna tattoos, even telling passersby about the magic. But having a heck-of-a time truly believing that he can walk on water.

The other funny thing is that having crossed the river via conventional methods, having mixed in a bit of logic with your approach, and for having met with your inevitable success, now more than ever you understand that “anything is possible”. That “Thoughts become things”. And that “Dreams do come true”. Far more so than the theoretical guru who still sits at the water’s edge.

Sometimes it's spiritual to get logical. To do the obvious. To pound the pavement, knock on doors, spread the word. Besides, it sure beats just sitting around waiting to win the lottery. Expecting to meet your soul mate at the mall. Or planning to
be discovered at Starbucks.

If you're already walking on water, please just forward this NOTE to someone who's not.


Get your own note from the universe, too.

I think today will be Angela-is-overly-obnoxious and posts too much day.
Deal with it.

-Angela

Comments

Yeah, and...?

[nobodyberry.livejournal.com]

You never did reply to my email. What's up with that, anyway?

*POKE*

Re: Yeah, and...?

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

DAMN ME.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SNOWBOARD.
I SHOULD CALL YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
YOU'RE SO COOL.

*stops shouting*
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME THIS MORNING.
I AM HYPER.

-Angela

Re: Yeah, and...?

[nobodyberry.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Remember, Angela, crack is BAD.

:)

Re: Yeah, and...?

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

hee. Hee.
Caffeine is my favorite form of crack.
Wait. Wait.
I lied.
Man-ass is more of a favorite. :X

I love man-ass.

-Angela

[chinchillagirl.livejournal.com]

I need my Angela time toooo!!!

I'm glad I'm not alone on the feeling deprived of time with you! Except... it's the other way around for you? Hah, yeaah.

I'm going, definitely, and I'm really glad that I'll get to see you!! ^___^

<3

[chinchillagirl.livejournal.com]

By the way... you really are my hero too. Seriously. :)

:)))

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

yeay for mutual hero-ness.
:)
That rocks.

-Angela