Quirky Synchronicities part two: *Good Things Are Happening*(2)

Again, you know, things can sit around here for a few days. If I'm on the energetic trail of something, and the trail goes cold for a moment, I go where I feel the heat. Meaning, most of the time, thankfully, I'm following my inner guidance on what to do and when and how. Things just go smoother that way, and often with subtle, delightful, magical happenings throughout. This, as opposed to when I'm really not feeling something, and I try and force it... that's suck-disaster-city, most of the time. Maybe not so extreme, but one learns over time to willingly let the Universe take the reins and get a better experience out of it. So, in this way I'm always doing thing 'off-the-cuff'. Like filling in the lines for this certificate that I am intending to send to my fine female acquaintance. 

       I filled out the lines of the above certificate as follows (thanks to my friend, who posted this photo on her Facebook wall- I love the placemat that she chose as a background)~

       Now, I remember. I stopped and waited for the words before I scribed out each line of this certificate. I remember especially waiting for the right thing to write on "date" line that wouldn't be too restrictive or limiting. I also have some Dr. Seuss bookmarks, one of which I includes on the back side of this certificate to liven up the white back side of the card (if something is white- I feel compelled to throw a little color on it!). And for good measure, I threw in two bags of Yogi Tea, detox tea. Not my favorite blend, but I thought maybe she would like to try some. Satisfied, I took this card, with the one for my buddy in Hawaii, and off to the post office we went.

       So, she posted this with a note, showing all her peeps what came to her in the mail, then she said that good things/her heart's desires were happening, for sure- and all the time.

       Now at this point, I'm all like, "Wow. That's cool. Nice background colors and textures on that photo..." I'm not thinking anything of it- any of it... until the very next day after this photo post of the card, and she makes the big reveal...

       She just got her dream job, doing what she does right now, at the most hip and happening summer town in New England! Big move, new life. Apparently this is something that was very much her heart's desire- and she manifested it! (Also she is into Abraham and the LOA, like me) But did I know all of this was going on as I was assembling this little packet for a belated birthday greeting? I thought I was just having fun!

       Apparently, The Universe was too!

I am SO Happy for her! 

And for this very fun little synchronicity.

12/25 Postcard Greeting

*    Merry Christmas    *

Quirky Synchronicities part two: *Good Things Are Happening*(1)

Now, in this same time frame that the little synchronicity with the *magical mochi* was happening, I had also been inspired to put an envelope in the mail to another friend. 
       
I saw that it had been her birthday on Facebook. I don't really feel comfortable doing that 'happy birthday' thing on peoples' walls, not unless I feel inspired to make it unusual/interesting. I'd rather send a card that can be held, touched, and propped up on a dresser or desk- or hung on a fridge for a little while. I like to get cards too. I'm always so curious about people's handwriting. So, you know, if I'm sending some greetings in the tangible mail to one person, I'm probably assembling a card/package for another one. The vibes tend to go that way. 

       A couple of years at our local Target, there was a display in the $1 section of some really cute Dr. Seuss stuff. Of course I loaded up on the items most appealing to me: mini notebooks, stationery, little shopping bags, wall art. One of the stationery packages had 3 different "certificates": a birthday one, a "congratulations" one and the one that I chose "Good things are happening". Well, we don't hang out, this person and I- but I've always dug her vibe and I have her mailing address. Since it was already past her actual birth date to send the "birthday" one didn't feel right to me. (Remember, I'm steered by intuition) And what's the use of saying "enjoy your day" when the day has already passed! So, with that I wanted to send a general birthday-vibe-all-year-long-blessing-greeting-acknowledgement. Sending some energy/intention for "Good things" to be happening sounded about right.
       But as always happens with me- one good turn gets another and soon I'm off into a little assemblage of doo-dads to add to the envelope, most importantly of which, apparently, was what I was inspired to write on the lines of this certificate. 
       Little did I know what happening with the woman that I was thinking of as I wrote...

Quirky Synchronicities part two: *Good Things Are Happening*(2) on 12/27

Quirky Synchronicities part one: *Magical Mochi*(2)

12/19/17

I don't check my emails every day. Interacting with that form of communication, for me, is exhausting. All the checking off, only 50 at a time. All the old mailing lists that I'm not ready to unsubscribe from. I'm doomed if I forget for a few days. [Neither am I a fan of the telephone, unless it's someone with whom I deeply resonate. Those folks have become too slim in number nowadays.] 

       So, needless to say, I just got the email today that "T" wrote to me on December 15th, from Hawaii. This email was coinciding with the photos he posted of the Mochi Festival that his village and his landlady were giving, on that very day. He had sent photos to me on Facebook, and was exclaiming at the timing of my card! I'm thinking, "What the fuh is he talking about?" You see, once I let something go, like a letter, or even an intention [oh, wait, didn't I say they were one in the same in this case? Lol.]- I forget all about it. All about it. I'm just a vessel, more like a funnel, for whatever love and creativity is coming through and going wherever it's going. I don't retain very much memory of it if any at all. Get in, bam, get out, keep jogging. 

       I like it. The playful, powerful Presence of the Universe/Source Energy is unquestionably felt in scenarios like these. I told you, you'll like it, too.

not my friend's picture, but showing a traditional
pounding of the rice

       So anyway as I was saying, just this morning I figure I'd better check the emails, because it's been a few minutes, eh-hem. And there it is, on December 15th, an email from "T". *Now all of those bewildering photos on Facebook are being explained!* It just so happens that my card, with this whole thing that I told myself was complete nonsense about coconut mochi custard- was the first piece of mail that sitting in his brand new PO Box; that he was visiting for the first time on 12/14, even though he'd had the new address for weeks; and, yes 12/14  the day before the big and very Sacred Mochi cooking and pounding ceremony that his landlady was hosting. 

       Can you believe that I didn't put it together right away? I didn't know about the festival, or his new address, or any of that. Well, since I had my eureka! moment  today, I've been blowing through information online and learning about this ceremony. This video brought out that lump in my throat that I get when I have great emotion swelling up inside of me. But that nearly always happens when I hear any sort of slow rhythmic Indigenous drumming.

Some more information on the food itself and the ceremonial nature, sometimes, of Mochi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/december/mochitsuki.html

not "T"'s picture- but a pic of the 'fireman',
who, as explained by my friend, is in charge
of the cooking of the rice-
this is no job for the untrained!

Rice is pretty much the only grain that I eat, with some occasional cornmeal. I love the sacredness pounding by hand- to a rhythm! All those involved must be highly Present in the moment, and in tune with one another. Essentially, that means getting tuned into a vibratory field that is being created as a web: mallet, turning- and in tune with the drummers beat. And the drummers must also be energetically linked to the pounder(s) and turner. This Sacred Rhythm is mesmerizing, brings up deep, Ancient stuff from the DNA. 

       I could feel the emotion of my friend about the card and timing, etc. I felt much emotion, too- of how The Presence of the Universe is continually showing Itself to me, working through me- all unbeknownst to me! And then, the big reveal, and the sitting in [pleasurably] stunned silence, just mouthing, "wow".

I got another one for ya' that has transpired within the same time frame as the *magical mochi* Quirky Synchronicities part two: *Good Things Are Happening* 12/23/17 

 Yes, it has something to do with something that has to do with that guy on the right >>>>