Yearly Archives: 2013

Dream of Daddy’s Tool Chest

I had a dream once, once of those dreams that sticks with you forever. In the dream, I am wandering around an open pasture kind of landscape, not really seeing anything, but not particularly seeking anything either. In the dream, along comes my father, who was a carpenter, and he’s wearing the khakis he always wore. He’s also carrying his carpenter’s box, you know the kind, long and slim to fit saws, hammers, nails, rulers and maybe a couple of lengths of wood.  In the dream I am asking him for money. In real life at that time, my father was in Baptist Hospital in Miami, FL in June 1987 in a coma after a suicide attempt, and he would die a week later on Father’s Day. In real life, I never asked my dad for money as he had none and I earned good money as a criminal defense paralegal. I was, however, at an intense stage in my life of asking, “what next?” Continue reading

We attract what we pay attention to and value

“When women pay attention and value what is really important,  we do actually end up with great guys.” says wise guru galpal Julie Runion. So true,  living the proof.  I thought my only partner could be a monk, bookworm or hermit recluse. Happily proven wrong.

Come in or leave, but don’t block traffic

come n go outYou want to come into my life, the door is open.  You want to get out of my life, the door is open. Just one request.  Don’t stand in the doorway, you’re blocking traffic. Until recently, I was irked at a friend I felt had wasted months of my time, knowing I had projects I was waiting to do. It was my choice to upset my schedule to accommodate theirs, to put my projects on hold while I helped them achieve theirs. I attracted a situation which took months to be free of.  I’m not irked now, but an honest 3 minutes would have prevented fallout. I can’t fault anyone for doing what they feel they must do to survive. I can’t wish for them anything other than what I’d wish for myself. I endeavor in my life to not stand in the way of what anyone wants to do with their life, whether their life includes me or not. Life is too short to be indecisive. Never let me stand in your doorway and block traffic. And please don’t stand in mine.

Those who don’t feel this love pulling them like a river, let them sleep

Those who don’t feel this love pulling them like a river, those who don’t drink dawn like a cup of spring water, or take sunset like supper, those who don’t want to change let them sleep… This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve your mind that way, sleep on. I’ve given up on my brain. I’ve torn the cloth to shreds and thrown it away. If you’re not completely naked wrap your beautiful robe of words around you and sleep. ~Jellaludin Rumi – 

Gary Leggett, the hypnosis guy who got me to sleep!

Gary Leggett and Andrea

Gary Leggett and Andrea

For a month I’ve been having hypnosis sessions to get me to sleep and keep me asleep, and wanted to turn you on to Gary Leggett, who made it happen. I have ongoing sessions with him for other “re-programming” as well, but this is the link to the mp3, and here’s what Gary says “We all know the aggravation of trying to go to sleep because you need to and you can’t do it. Your mind starts to wonder, you start thinking about the day or what you need to do. Before you know it, an hour has marched by and you’re staring at the ceiling. If you’re like millions of people you’ll reach for a handy sleep aid. Sure it will put you to sleep but does it hang you over the next day? Even though you sleep, are you rested the next day? I wasn’t most of the time.  Over time as I got  better at self hypnosis, I found techniques that would work for me “sometimes” but not all the time, unless I could sit with a professional hypnotist for a session. One day I was reading about something the author discovered that was real good for insomnia. I thought this very interesting since the night before I had experienced very little sleep. I tried the technique with a few improvements of my own and the next thing I knew I woke up hours later. So I tried it again and  it worked again. Now all I can say is I use it all the time.  I put all this info in a nice mp3 audio download called Sleep_NOW. Like my other audio products it’s easy to download and use.”  Gary Leggett  I suggest also scheduling an appointment with Gary to experience his work in person. 

I missed my brother’s birthday

Yesterday was my brother’s birthday. I never think about holidays.  I called him for the first time in months and gave him heck for ignoring me. He didn’t even tell me it was his birthday. I just found out. Now I have to give him heck for that. My planets in fire signs have to give his water signs some steam to keep him cooking.  You’re welcome, bro!

The garage gets organized during the grand water trine

My first job yesterday was to clean out the garage.  I’d let it go for several months. A friend stopped by and gave some game plan suggestions, first determining how many boxes to break down for recycling – all of them!  I moved the mower and car out of the garage and began clearing at the door. There was a box for Goodwill, a box for things going to the shed, and several trash cans which filled quickly. I gathered several plastic shoeboxes to hold small items.  I swept the floor and wiped down surfaces. I saw it was mostly surface clutter that was easily cleared.  I find that’s the thing with clutter and disorganization. It may seem like too big a job to tackle, so I keep putting it off.  Once I finally just do it, I see it was no big deal. Related: Cut the sh*t and do the thing. Continue reading

Can I pull a tarot card without asking a question?

TAROT QUESTION: I’ve been learning tarot with your workbook, what if I pull a card with no questions asked?
ANSWER: When you don’t ask a question before you pull a card, then you have to figure out what you have been asking the Universe for recently. Only then do you know what is being answered.
QUESTION: How does one figure out what they are asking?
ANSWER: That’s the yoga, the sadhana, we each have to figure out our own question. It’s like all we have to do in life to be successful is find what we love to do and do it. The yoga is in taking the time and making the effort to discover what we love to do. I keep an ongoing list of my questions to the Universe. It’s a good practice.