Beliefs? Beliefs!

Last weekend our artist group participated in a local art festival. I parked my car in the parking lot to unload my artwork; and there it was, a ubiquitous Subaru stationwagon with two Hulley Roller kayak carriers and an "S" sticker on the bumper. It struck me like a lightning bolt and I went back to a memory from 2005 when I was still very new to north Idaho and didn't have many friends.

I remember going to get the mail at the post office and parking next to a ubiquitous Subaru stationwagon with two Hulley Roller kayak carriers and an "S" sticker on the bumper. I was driving a ubiquitous Subaru stationwagon with one Hulley Roller kayak carrier.

A beautiful, striking white haired woman came out of the post office and got into the Subaru. I smiled at her and initiated a conversation. I commented about her matched set of kayak carriers and asked her something about kayaking. We talked for a bit and then she drove off.

After she went I was thinking, "Gee, she seemed like a nice person; too bad this conversation didn't go much further because it would be nice to have some friends like her here with similar interests." I was so very lonely.

Here I am today with a great group of artist friends who were introduced to me by Tai Chi teacher, and it turns out, that the ubiquitous Subaru stationwagon with the two Hulley Roller kayak carriers and an "S" sticker on the bumper belongs to Judith, my Tai Chi teacher's wife. And I hadn't realized this until now!

There are two ways to interpret this. Either it is true that whatever kind of energy one puts out to the universe comes back, or it is true that whatever we believe we recruit, interpret or act in a way to accumulate evidence to verify and validate our beliefs.

Whichever, I am thinking this is just too cool.