A Plan

So, the last couple of months I have been formulating a plan. Now, good plans always take some time since you can't just sit down and write it all out and start going. You have to let it percolate in the back part of your brain where the monkey can't get to for awhile. It's never in words, it's always just sort of half thoughts or images, a series of "ohhhhhs" and "that's what I've been missing". You have to sort of let it come to you and then you have to sort of test out parts of it and then you have to realize that plans change endlessly so you can't really ever have a plan. It's more of a directional shift, I suppose. It's funny cause when you get "there" you realize you knew it all along, you just didn't want to see it. Sort of like Dorothy with the red slippers.

Barry sent me a quote yesterday that's one of my favorites:

Before enlightenment,
I chopped wood and carried water.
After enlightenment,
I chopped wood and carried water.
-Zen saying

It's that Ordinariness thing again. Plans have to include the simple facts, the simple things you like. And time to do them. It hit me one day when I was chopping vegetables that the reason why we work is so we can afford vegetables to chop but if we don't have time we buy them already cut up. And that's when I decided to remodel the garage.

Get it? See what I mean about not being able to think it? You sort of have to let wash over you....If I rented or bought a space to have my spiritual center in, I would spend all my time running the business and would have no time to practice my spirituality. Duh me. What is it that I really want? Enough money/time/space to share the wonderful things I've learned with my friends and future friends. I don't want it to be about having to make a certain amount for rent or teach a certain number of classes or anything like that. I want to chop vegetables and smile at the people chopping them with me. There's no place like home...There's no place like home....

The shed is done! I am looking for a part time job, one that will help me have time to chop vegetables and money to buy them too. I feel very good about my plans, a lot of them are things that I've known for a very long time were not good for me, were draining my good energy and making me a very negative nancy. I feel confident that yoga & reiki & soulcollage are my future and that God is leading me and teaching me patience.....and in His/Her humorous way reminding me to be careful what I pray for.... Silly me.

It's all good.