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So, !jimbo.Land! rises again. It took awhile, this time, but my website - up and visible on the web since 1994 - is now in web 2.0 blog form. Please enjoy it and prosper, in all ways.
With Deep Concern for America
Things have been really crappy in our world, like, downright hellish, for so many people for so long.
Rumors of war percolate through my beloved United States of America, my Ulster Scots clan’s home for 200 years. The Nation’s Esther Kaplan’s United for Peace: A Hundred Peace Movements Bloom makes me believe people care, people will act to stop war, conflict, misunderstanding, violence - especially against folks I’ve never even met, so I don’t even know if i might actually like them or not, but my decision - not my government’s. Trusted, intelligent acquaintances and friends have met them, though, and it seems most people want the same things pretty much everywhere: peaceful, just, and civil societies with education, health care, human rights, child care, elder care, clean air and water and land: you know, human prosperity and harmony.
Synchronicity: A Song by The Police and More
So, I have had considerable stressors in my work role for the past several months. After finally choosing to let go of my fear(s) around the position and potential changes, I had a day filled with synchronicity. This is one of my portents from All That Is that I have made some very healthy and life-affirming changes in my life and living. Here’s what happened. 2 days ago, after properly researching my current left knee challenge, I decided to purchase a recumbent exercise bicycle. So, I dutifully got in Broom (yes, that’s the auto’s name: every witch has a broom - or a besom, if you want to be technical about it) - and drove to Sports Authority. So, I’m driving along and stop at the traffic light at Mission and Duboce in San Francisco. The guy in front of my turns around and waves: it’s one of the gay clinicians from work, very sweet guy. We both proceed through the light, turn 2 lefts, and discover we are both going to the same place. (Synchronicity event #1) We enter the store, then part, after which my co-worker runs over to me and shows me the $25 off coupon in the Sunday edition of the SF Chronicle. (Synchronicitiy event #2) I go outside to a coffeehouse and pilfer the newspaper for the coupon, which I found (Synchronicity event #3), then bought an overpriced cup of delicious hot chocolate out of a sense of obligation. I go in the store, find the very device that I wanted - marked down from $399 to $199! (Synchronicity event #4). The very helpful salesclerk (does that count as a synchronicity event….?) found the item in stock, then helped me with questions about getting a much better backpack, since I’m planning on backcountry hiking soon. I found the one that I wanted, well-rigged and affordable (Synchronicity event #5), then went to counter to buy both items. The salesclerk helped me load the bike in the back seat of Broom and I left. When I got home, I discovered that the backpack had $20 knocked off the price (Synchronicity event #6). So, I got $550 worth of equipment for $292 and change. One of my friends was supposed to help me bring up the bike to my apartment, but wasn’t there yet. So, a neighbor, with his wife and newborn, were just exiting and he willingly helped me carry it up the stairs (Synchronicity event #7). Then, I parked Broom literally across the street from my place, in a fabulous Doris Day parking spot. (Synchronicity event #8). Anyone who has parked in San Francisco will tell you this is a miracle, in and of itself!Remarkably, I was present and fully cognizant of each synchronicity event, which made them and the day all the more powerful. So, this is what happens when one releases fear and opens up to the possibilities that are awaiting us all. A blessed, joy-filled, and prosperous 2008 to everyone.
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By N2H