SYNCHRONICITIES
Well, the photo is not all that great, but it is kind of a perfect illustration of my thought for the day. SYNCHRONICITIES.... I'm not sure if I have ever heard the word before. It came up in something that I was reading last night. Today, much like the past few days, did not start out well, and when I got to Waterloo Village for my morning walk, I wasn't even feeling much like attempting to take pictures, but I threw my camera over my shoulder and pulled on my gloves and started off on my walk. I was feeling particularly down for a number of reasons, one of them being that January is over. I've done nothing. I've gone nowhere. I've seen no one. All I did was work. One month of the year... gone... with nothing to show for it. Still in the same rut, with nothing improving. No photo inspiration hit me, as it does some mornings, which always surprises me. Then I remembered what someone told me. Change your point of view. If you were looking up.... look down. So I looked down ... and there was this little nut, perfectly heart shaped. It's not quite as exciting as finding a heart shaped rock...which I always look for... but still.... there was nothing else around it except for a few pebbles and it was kind of cool. And then my phone rang, and I missed the call as I fumbled to unzip my jacket pockets with mittens on.... followed by a text message from a friend... saying CALL ME!! Thinking that there must be something wrong, I headed back to the car to make the call. There was nothing wrong... just a "I haven't talked to you forever and I haven't seen you and I miss you" call. That was nice, and pretty much what I needed. We compared notes, listened to each other's ongoing problems and once again had the "we have to do something to fix this" and "everything happens for a reason" conversation... and then I hit the dead zone that I always hit while driving to work, and we were cut off. The radio came on immediately as the call was dropped and I listened to Bob Marley singing...."This is my message to you...Don't worry 'bout a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright." And that... is synchronicity.
Think about it... you've had them too, right?!
"People love mysterious things, and synchronicity is like magic happening to them. It gives us a sense of hope, a sense that something bigger is happening out there than what we can see, which is especially important in times like this when there are so many reasons for despair." ~ Carolyn North
Like when you suddenly think of someone that you haven't seen in a long time and then they call you, or you run into them somewhere. That's a synchronicity. Carl Jung described them as "meaningful coincidences." Synchronicity is a set of messages:
Nothing happens by chance.
There are no coincidences or accidents.
All coincidences have a special meaning for you.
Yeah... synchronicities are messages from the Universe. And I think they have something to do with the fact that I find it so hard to let go of things, people, places. (works for me! Another good excuse!) Very cool stuff to think about. But beyond this... my day did not improve. It kind of got worse... and by the end, I felt like quitting everything and pretty much wasn't liking anyone very much either. I suppose there is a message in here somewhere, but I've had enough and I'm calling it a day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
SYNCHRONICITIES
Well, the photo is not all that great, but it is kind of a perfect illustration of my thought for the day. SYNCHRONICITIES.... I'm not sure if I have ever heard the word before. It came up in something that I was reading last night. Today, much like the past few days, did not start out well, and when I got to Waterloo Village for my morning walk, I wasn't even feeling much like attempting to take pictures, but I threw my camera over my shoulder and pulled on my gloves and started off on my walk. I was feeling particularly down for a number of reasons, one of them being that January is over. I've done nothing. I've gone nowhere. I've seen no one. All I did was work. One month of the year... gone... with nothing to show for it. Still in the same rut, with nothing improving. No photo inspiration hit me, as it does some mornings, which always surprises me. Then I remembered what someone told me. Change your point of view. If you were looking up.... look down. So I looked down ... and there was this little nut, perfectly heart shaped. It's not quite as exciting as finding a heart shaped rock...which I always look for... but still.... there was nothing else around it except for a few pebbles and it was kind of cool. And then my phone rang, and I missed the call as I fumbled to unzip my jacket pockets with mittens on.... followed by a text message from a friend... saying CALL ME!! Thinking that there must be something wrong, I headed back to the car to make the call. There was nothing wrong... just a "I haven't talked to you forever and I haven't seen you and I miss you" call. That was nice, and pretty much what I needed. We compared notes, listened to each other's ongoing problems and once again had the "we have to do something to fix this" and "everything happens for a reason" conversation... and then I hit the dead zone that I always hit while driving to work, and we were cut off. The radio came on immediately as the call was dropped and I listened to Bob Marley singing...."This is my message to you...Don't worry 'bout a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright." And that... is synchronicity.
Think about it... you've had them too, right?!
"People love mysterious things, and synchronicity is like magic happening to them. It gives us a sense of hope, a sense that something bigger is happening out there than what we can see, which is especially important in times like this when there are so many reasons for despair." ~ Carolyn North
Like when you suddenly think of someone that you haven't seen in a long time and then they call you, or you run into them somewhere. That's a synchronicity. Carl Jung described them as "meaningful coincidences." Synchronicity is a set of messages:
Nothing happens by chance.
There are no coincidences or accidents.
All coincidences have a special meaning for you.
Yeah... synchronicities are messages from the Universe. And I think they have something to do with the fact that I find it so hard to let go of things, people, places. (works for me! Another good excuse!) Very cool stuff to think about. But beyond this... my day did not improve. It kind of got worse... and by the end, I felt like quitting everything and pretty much wasn't liking anyone very much either. I suppose there is a message in here somewhere, but I've had enough and I'm calling it a day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.