From Dawn to Dusk... the journal |
Wednesday, February 20, 2002 * a toast to synchronicity! Someone left this message a few days ago for us in the writingman group: "My attention has been called to an event which will take place on February 20 at 8 PM. It has happened only once before, 1001 years ago, and will never happen again. As the digital second clicks over at that moment, time, date, and year will be numerically synchronous: 20:02, (02) 20,02, 2002. It is a moment I shall want to recognize and toast; perhaps you all will want to join me." Sure, why not? I believe in synchronicity... but it's not the definition in the dictionary. I guess it's the new age meaning and has more in common with serendipitous. Don't know that I could come up with the proper definition. In my mind it means that certain serendipitous things happen (which many consider to be coincidental) and depending on your recognition/awareness of the importance of the happening and on your handling of the happening, your life may take a turn in some direction (similar to the ripples on the water theory). Now, back to my quandry from yesterday (from the book I'm reading). Today I came across this sentence: Don't let yourself be a sounding board for the sorrowful tales of others. It goes on to say that some people love to recite tales of woe. But by doing so, they bring the despair into your life as well. It further says that it should simply be let known that we do not choose to wallow in despair, not our own, or in others. Now this sounds a bit hard hearted, but I understand it to mean that people can get caught up in despair and give up on hope. They begin to "treasure their troubles"... look what's happened to me... etc. Not that they don't have troubles, I know the troubles or the illnesses are real, but I too agree that to wallow in them is useless. It's important to have hope and to believe that some good must come out of the experience. The answer given was to be a sort of "Pollyanna" - finding the hidden lesson from the adversity. Refuse to join in the sorrowful journey by perpetuating it. Be compassionate, but keep hope and optimism alive - never side with them in despair. It is never hopeless. The downside is that you may be dubbed a "Pollyanna" - but there are worse things. The upside is that you may break the "gloom" chain either by them realizing that they did learn something or by the fact that you're basically no fun to despair with. Will drop this subject for a while before I bore you all to tears. But writing it out helps me come to terms with what I've read. Rian *Note: I have pushed the format of this journel to the left a bit to help some of my readers with webtv. I hope it isn't causing any problem with anyone else. Please let me know if it is. |
