Magical Thinking

Why didn’t we do this exercise earlier?

It’s only been a week and I could write a list as long as my left leg of all the coincidences, synchronicities, and answers I’ve received regarding my business direction and what part, if any, spirituality would play in my work. And, there are a few in the group who are also on a roll. So much so, I have now officially dubbed this our month of magical thinking.

This is a familiar place for me – I’ve been here before. It reminds me of a time a few years ago when I was committed to my practice of mediation, was thinking more right-brained, and loving how everything was just falling into place. I expected it. This period lasted about two years, and it’s when the thoughts of this book first came to mind.

Actually, it started before that with a poignant moment when I was very young. During a chance meeting a physic declared a book would one day change my life. Now, whether you believe in the clairvoyant is not the point. What is important was the thirst for books I developed over the years based on this speculation. I read an endless array of books on every subject matter imaginable. As I’d open to the first page I was always met by an old friend who’d cry out in childlike wonderment, “Is this the one?”

Then one Saturday evening about four years ago I sat down with self-indulgent plan to settle into another good book when those familiar words popped into my head. But, this time the response shocked me. Instead of that familiar questioning voice, I heard myself saying something foreign to my ears. With steadfast conviction I proclaimed, “No, silly - you’re not going to read a book. You’re going to write a book!” To this day, I’m still not sure if I said this out loud. Even though I had no idea how to write a book or where the inspiration would come from, I knew this was true.

This was the same voice I heard yesterday when I asked the divine intelligence to show itself again. This time, it said, “come closer.”