There is a rational explaination for everything?

Jack picked up this piece of iron the other day and when he flipped it over, the words, HAPPY THOUGHT, were there!

The other morning, I noticed that my front right tire looked partially flat. I wasn’t sure if it was safe to drive, so I asked Jack what he thought, and he assured me that it wasn’t totally flat, but also said that I should get it filled up after my morning appointments. I drove to my office, feeling somewhat concerned, and knew I had to clear that before I started my work day. It’s not possible to be present for someone else if I am feeling off or concerned about myself and my life.

As I drove along I thought, “I need to let this go. Give me a little help”, and turned on the radio. I do this fairly frequently while driving, and almost always get a message in a song that helps.

I turned the radio on and the words, “Take it easy, take it easy….don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy…” were being sung into my car. I started laughing out loud and felt a flood of relief, so much so that I forgot to fill my tire. When I got home that evening Jack looked at my car and said, “Did Chris (our mechanic) fill your tire?”. I said, “No, I forgot to do it!” to which he replied, “You did not!”…the long and short of it was that my tire did not appear to be flat and I didn’t put air into it.

There might be a scientific, rational explaination for this, but I don’t care about that. One day, when I was much younger, I was riding in the car with someone and looked up at the sky to see a full rainbow around the sun. I felt a flood of happiness and sense that it was an answer for me. I made the mistake of pointing this out to the man in the car who instantly said, “That is called a ‘sun dog’ and it occurs when the atmostphere………..” He was being “reasonable and rational” but his need to scientifically classify this beautiful sight, sort of sucked the life out of it for me.

I know that a little thing like my tire, is just the tip of a huge and magnificently mysterious universe. The more I notice and appreciate the out-of the-ordinary things that happen, the more I can feel myself expanding as well.

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science“. Albert Einstein

A long shot

Yesterday, I walked from my office to a home that we are going to be looking at today.  We made the apt. to see this particular house a few days ago.  It is a stretch for us, as a matter of fact, at this point, it is not even “realistic”. My mind kept trying to tell me that it was impossible for us (too expensive), and not to bother looking at something that was out of our price range. But I love the way it looks…love the quiet street and the neighbors…As I walked past the home, and then back to my office, Jack called. I was starting to tell him what I was doing when I looked down and saw this fortune on the ground.

I don’t know what is going to happen…don’t even know if we will like this house on the inside, but when I face a fear and do something that feels like a wonderful possibility (no matter how slim) and find that all sorts of little things line up to encourage me, it makes life so much richer (and more fun!). I also do not believe in coincidences…so if you are reading this, the message is for you too!! Love that.