It seems so to me just thinking about how to go about that.

I do have a story though. The day I got my dog, my mother and I were brainstorming names to call him… Elvis, Merlin, CloudCover…. He’s a white dog with a black streak and we like weird names.

We had been brainstorming for almost an hour w/o luck and finally I decided to be rediculious. “CRISCO” I shouted. I’ll call him “Crisco.” Its white, fluffy, & sometimes messy. Except my mother exclaimed “Yes! Frisco. That’s a perfect name.” she said.

And Frisco has stuck for over 10 years. Everyone thinks he was named because I love San Francisco or because he’s frisky…. but he was actually named after cooking lard.

You think. You’re awake. Rare.

Huh, “catablogging”. Just saw that. Brilliance.

For me, when the Universe’s feedback is not what I was expecting, it means I did something wrong. So like if I’m driving and running into traffic no matter what lane I shift to, I’m just not supposed to get wherever at the speed I was hoping. I try to just role with it, like Siddartha, like water. I also do try to look for the message the Universe is sending. What am I supposed to learn here?

Usually, it’s just that everything’s going to be alright and things happen for a reason. That reason simply isn’t for us to know before we’re supposed to know. Frustrating for a big-picture person to not be privy at all times to the future plan, but that’s how it works.

As we are all part of Life, but peninsulas (not islands) individualized away from it enough to not be quite able to see the mainland.

Hey, Mary Anne, thanks for the compliment too.

Peace.
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One of the steps I take is to change my physical viewpoint. For example, instead of sitting at my desk to write or work through a problem, I’ll take pen and pad and either sit or lie down on the floor for a bit.

It’s amazing how viewing my surroundings from a different perspective than normal opens my thinking / creative “door” to new approaches and solutions for the issue or project at hand.

Daniel Edlen is an extremely talented artist and edgy, creative thinker…

“Leadership means preaching what you practice.”

I missed that particular tweet, but it’s far more inspiring and memorable than the original.

Love this post, John.

I don’t deliberately cultivate the miss-hearings and mistakes – they seem to happen with plenty of frequency on their own. Although I get nervous when everything seems to be going too smoothly… Almost feels as if we aren’t trying hard enough.