Worth reaching for
From my chair to yours...
I hope your Valentine holiday was good and filled with thoughts of love in all of love’s rich expressions. I also hope that generosity of spirit came to mind. I say this because that is how I spent most of my day. I was a bit down in the morning thinking of past partners and current memories of pets and places I’ve lived in and friends I made that are no longer around. The weather was beautiful in my area and that was inspiring, but I wasn’t feeling well. I listened to my body and napped. I woke up feeling much better. Also a great feeling that I no longer have too much on my schedule to run afoul with.
Being in a much better frame of mind. I let it wander, and I began thinking of what was going on in my life and what was worth still reaching for that I would enjoy. I’m in a place of contentment for what I have and really appreciate much more these days. My thoughts further made me think of all that I wanted when I was younger. If I’m honest, all the things I wanted to have in my life was either just stuff or relationships that had no depth. They were just things to attain.
I realize I look at things differently now. I am grateful that many people who entered my life taught me what was important through life’s many experiences.
What I reach for now is richer, deeper, and magnetic. The law of attraction is real and makes sense.
When I look at my life lived, I spent a lot of time materializing things that were not always good for me. Kind of like being on a train when you don’t yet realize it’s going in the wrong direction.
Let’s have some fun after my revelational words:
Imagine that you find an old lantern while visiting a second-hand store. The lantern is tarnished and dusty, but it’s something you really want. You purchase it and go home. You begin the cleaning process and start to wipe it down with a rag. A genie appears in a cloud of blue smoke. You are given three wishes and no more. You can’t use the old trick of choosing more wishes with the first wish. Three is it!
WHAT WOULD THEY BE?
If you feel like it, send you wish(s) in the Substack comments.
Let’s have some fun!
As for the state of affairs in our country, here is a short story I hope you enjoy.
The Newsboy
It was a long day, and all I wanted was to go home, shower and read something, I thought.I looked to my right before unlocking the door of my car. There was a young boy selling newspapers who I’d never seen before.
Interesting, I had walked by here every day for years.
He probably just started selling papers in the neighborhood.
“Hi, nobody around to buy your papers?” I asked him.
“No mam, just waiting for you, I guess.” He answered, looking awkward.
“Are you always here? I don’t remember seeing you before.”
“I’m always somewhere close by, mam.”
“Buy a paper?” he asked.
“Love to. It’s been awhile since I read a daily paper.”
I paid him the fifty cents and turned to walk back to the car, happy about the evening that was taking shape.
A hot shower followed by a relaxed read was in the works.
I waved, and he waved back at me. Odd, I thought, never seeing him around.
After the shower and in my PJs, I unfolded the paper and began scanning.
Then I noticed the date. It was dated a year from now.
How could that be? Must be a misprint.
The newspaper was probably receiving calls from hundreds of people.
Oh well, I thought to myself. No biggie. Then, as I started reading, none of the news made any sense.
A NEW WORLD COUNCIL CREATED. FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED!
One hundred of the world’s brightest young people, ages 9-17, chosen to save the planet.
I continued reading this fantastic article and goose bumps prickled throughout my body. The paper reported that an inter-planetary League of Beings had been watching Earth develop for a millennium.
I read on:
Non-interference was their primary intent. Intervention was now needed in order to save Earth.
This inter-planetary League said that Earth was a divine experiment which held great potential for evolution. That free will had never been interfered with.
Decisions born out of greed, the continual abuse of living creatures, and our diminished resources were destroying us.
This had reached a quickly approaching danger zone. All this has resulted in an Inter-Planetary intervention on a grand scale.
The League acknowledged there were countless efforts being made on Earth itself.
Some remarkable and brilliant.
However, growing unrest and disagreement had demanded the evolution of this council. This planet would reach catastrophic levels in 50 years. The article continued;
The World Council was chosen from both children and young adults around the world. They were inheriting all this.
The overall intention is to correct the downward spiraling that would end in extinction. This diverse group of extraordinary children had already set out to establish stopgaps and cooperative partnership between all nations.
As galactic proteges, these young people generated a unique energy.There would also be 10 adults from different businesses and governments chosen from around this
world as well.
This Included two world leaders, two environmental scientists educated in global matters of re- foresting the planet, new energy production and ocean rehabilitation.
Three world renowned health specialists with true vision and imagination behind them… The list went on.
I sat there wondering where this had all come from.
I also thought, “wouldn’t this just be wonderful.”
I hoped this was indeed true.
I knew I would be looking for the newsboy tomorrow!
END
Is this one of my wishes? With a few changes, Yes, I think so!
Have a good week!