Gratitude And The Surprise Present I Got – Online Gratitude Journal #8
August 1, 2008 by Akemi
Do you feel like some invisible power is supporting you?
And from time to time, it shows off its presence in a way you can see clearly?
I was having a lousy day on Monday. I spent a few hours toiling over a blog post, and finally decided it was going nowhere. I ditched the draft. I was extremely tired. I felt anxious to do something without really knowing what it was. Aaaaagh!
After dinner, I went out to take a walk. There was a house with a pretty garden. The garden had white picket fence and arched entrance. I could easily see the garden inside but the fence made it seem like the inside was some special world. A woman was working on the flowers on the border, so I said something in the line that I liked the garden. She was pleased with my compliments and we started talking.
She turned out to be a big pro-Japanese who hosts Japanese students every fall. Then she cut a huge bunch of lavenders from her garden and gave it to me. We exchanged numbers so that we can talk again. She decided I should have another bouquet of flowers and cut her daisies, dahlias, phlox, and so on. So I went home with two huge bouquets. I was filled to the brim with gratitude. The best walk I ever had, I guess.
Do you think this is synchronicity? Some magic?
I’m looking at the beautiful purple, magenta, and pink of flowers. It makes me smile. The Universe surely made it clear its abundance and how easy it is to reach it.
But that is not all.
Two more things about the lavender come to my mind. One, after my inner child wrote a guest post last Friday, she actually wrote another mini post, but I rejected it thinking it’s too much. (Yeah, Yes to Me has strict editorial standard, you know.) In it, she was talking about lavenders from the neighbor’s garden. Really. Here is part of her post that didn’t get published before:
“Well, I like writing, but I like doing other things, too. And in addition to my daily playing, I now go around the blogs to see other bloggers’ inner children who want to be comforted and healed. I think Steve and Leo’s inner children are getting bored so I’ll see if they want to come out and play. And I want to send Naomi’s inner child the lavenders I picked from my neighbor’s garden. That kind of thing. . . So I think I’ll let Akemi write for this blog most of the time.”
Okay, Naomi, the lavenders are on your way. Hope they help you sleep well. (I just checked her blog ans she is back to posting regularly. Hurray!)
Two. It’s about the Law of Attraction. After I heard the audio CD of The Secret last summer, I was doing a lot of meditation and visualization. (This is when I was still in Tennessee.) One of the visualization was about my dream home. My dream home is brick, standing on mid hill that overlooks a big river, and the house is surrounded with fragrant lavender. . . (There are a lot more details about the rooms, settings, etc.) Later last year, I decided to move to Portland, Oregon. I heard Oregon rains a lot, and I knew lavender likes well drained soil, so I thought, “Well . . . maybe I won’t have lavender around my dream home. That’s okay, just a small detail to give up.”
This is my first summer in Oregon. And there are lavenders everywhere. Perhaps because the heat is mild, they are in bloom all summer. So maybe I will have lavenders around my house when I’m ready to buy a house.
My Law of Attraction Dream Money Project, Week 7, $6400
Before I go on to this week’s spending spree . . . remember what I wanted to do with my first week’s $100? Yeah, I wanted to go to the coast. Being close to the ocean was one of the attractions of moving from Tennessee to Oregon, and yet I kept postponing it. Yesterday, it finally dawned on me.
“What the heck am I waiting for?” I don’t need the money to fall from heaven . . . maybe I already have it. So I drove to the west – to the wild wild west, across the mountains, through the woods where elks roam and it is advised to keep the light on for safety even during the day (according to the road signs). And there, the Pacific Ocean, my mother ocean!
It was very windy and cold. I walked along the seaside, playing with the gentle waves. The water was icy aqua blue. I picked some pebbles and seashells. I got a live shellfish, too, but I let him go. Then I dared to go bare feet . . . oooh, it was so cold that it gave me a brain freeze for a second . . . and it was nice ^_^
After awhile I noticed I was dead hungry so had late lunch at a seafood restaurant. Next time, I’ll go overnight so I can enjoy the sunset!
So the $6400. One way I define being “rich” is not have to worry about money when I see something I really want. For example, I love fine arts. I love visiting art galleries. There were many occasions before, however, when I spot a new artist at a local gallery, really wanted one of the paintings, and just couldn’t. Now that I’m settled in Oregon, it’s time to do this. I’ll go gallery hopping, and when I see the picture that talks to me, I’ll get it. Because I love it.
Today I’m grateful for all the flowers in the world and my friends, new and old, who support me in their own unique ways.
How are you enjoying your summer? (I mean . . . if you are in the northern hemisphere) What do you think about this dream money project?
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That’s great that you returned from your walk with not one but two flower bouquets! I was walking back from the gym today and I saw these tiny black birds I had never seen before (not hummingbirds, just really tiny black birds). I also love the smell of lavender.
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Marelisa,
Yeah, isn’t that great? One surprise bouquet is something, but I think my spirit guides were showing off a bit
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