I'm hoping that I got all of my "lazy" out of my system today so that my 3 1/2 days off can be useful. I have an ambitious agenda of house stuff (planting!), fashion diva work (dropping off and picking up alterations!), aspen peeping (Nebo Loop!), and good eating (marketing tomorrow afternoon!). In spite of trauma call today I took a 3 hour nap- with two minor interruptions. I would feel really lazy with that accomplishment but it seems that Mr. Cat Man took an 8 hour nap. 8 hours. Sometimes this "being a cat" gig that he and the Princess have worked out looks like a really, really good thing.
Happiness/ Gratitude List, 28 September 2008:
- Rediscovering some of my older Better than Ezra CDs. I forgot how much I like these guys!
- A trauma call day that has, so far, been peaceful. I'm hoping that will continue through the night.
- Church this morning- so great to see lots of dear friends. It's feeling more like "home" again, maybe because I'm not hand-wringing and working hard all of the time to rearrange some spiritual furniture. More importantly, Steve's sermon laid the groundwork for an issue that is VERY important to me in the growth of our church. It is time.
- 14 hours until freedom and a little time off. NOT that I'm counting.
- Serendipity...synchronicity...whatever you want to call it. My most recent episode was Friday night. Not two nights before I had written "go the ballet" on the list of things that I feel my life doesn't allow me to do anymore. On Friday night Cathyyen got tickets to the ballet in November as part of her silent auction prize she bid on at the fundraiser. She asked me to go with her- without her having any idea of that being on my list. And yes, I am going. No question.
So, actually, I do have a question for my reading friends.
What are your thoughts on the idea of synchronicity...serendipity...whatever you want to call it? Do you believe in the idea that you put something out there and God/ the universe/ your favorite higher power give you what you need in response?
I admit that I'm seldom as explicit as this one was in the things that I put out there and ask God to help with; a more normal framing would have been "God, I feel like I need more room in my life for opportunities to do things that I really love." Or maybe the listing was just a way of making that statement in a different way- I honestly don't know. Synchronicity is something I've become more and more interested in the last few months because I've felt lots of it working in my life. It's possible I've just been more tuned into things in my life because I am making a sincere effort on that front. Once you start listening to the voice of providence (or whatever word you choose) in your life, though, it seems to me to be increasingly present.
Thoughts, ideas, comments?
With that, a happy goodnight and a brief prayer for a peaceful trauma night. Both for me and for our patients.
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Now playing: Better Than Ezra - This Time Of Year
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