One little known secret

One little known secret to making precisely the right move, at precisely the right time in your life, Laurel, is knowing that in all cases, there is more than one right move and more than one right time. Lots and lots more.

In other words, no matter what you do next, or when, so long as you do something, I'll meet you there, smooth the edges, polish the grill, and connect the dots.

Tallyho,
    The Universe

Don't ask me "what grill," Laurel, I thought you'd know....

Like pruning a tree

Asking someone to change, Laurel, is like pruning a tree: neither will ever be the same again.

Scarier still, is that you can't quite know in what new directions they'll grow.

But hey, it's still your call.

Tallyho,
    The Universe

I wouldn't change a leaf on you, Laurel.

"Criterion of Consciousness"

A main "Criterion of Consciousness" for the human experience, Laurel, is never having all you want. For as one dream comes true, another swiftly takes its place. Not having all you want is one of life's constants.

And learning to be happy while not yet having all you want is the first "Criterion of Joy." Nail it, and for the rest of your life people will be asking what it is about you.

Desire, Laurel, is a beautiful thing.

    The Universe

Yeah, Laurel, as if they weren't already asking.

The real reason

The real reason your brain is so large, Laurel, compared to most of the other blessed creatures dwelling in time and space, is so that you can vividly imagine all the exquisite, exciting, and enthralling details of your heart's desires; not so that you can figure out who you need to meet, when you need to meet them, where you need to be, or how you're going to pull it all together.

Your brain's not nearly that big.

But mine is,
    The Universe

Actually, that's just one of the reasons, Laurel. Some of the other reasons are so that you can take notice of the miracles in your life, feel the joy when you visualize, and, of course, so that you can laugh at yourself whenever you temporarily forget these things. Ha ha.

Way ahead of schedule

Do you ever wonder where all those glorious seconds, minutes, and hours go that recently poured through your fingers on an idle weekend or a cool evening, when suddenly you feel like you're racing the clock on some crazed, hurried weekday?

Nowhere. They're still there, Laurel, lazing around. They just look different when you focus upon what you haven't done, instead of what you have done.

Your output is legendary,
    The Universe

You're way ahead of schedule, Laurel.

Little else you say

Little else you say, Laurel, can change so much in the life of another as words of praise, compliments, or encouragement.

Way to go, beautiful -
    The Universe

And remember that some of the best pats on the back, Laurel, are the ones you give yourself.

Go way out

Go way out, Laurel.

Think beyond your present dreams, to the dreams you will have once they've already come true.

And when you can clearly see that life and those dreams in your mind's eye - how confident you will walk and how proud you will feel - start walking and feeling like that today.

Far out,
    The Universe

Laurel, people are going to start talking about you in whispers. "Shhhh... just look... whis-whis-whis... Midas touch... whis-whis-whis-whis... cool shoes...."

A work of ART

Your entire life, Laurel, is a work of art. And as is true of all masterpieces, everything has meaning and is important, which includes your me-time, shopping, day dreaming, dessert selections, idle chats, and walkabouts.

One day people will study you,
    The Universe

Let's just keep our ears on, OK, Laurel?

What if today

What if today, Laurel, was your day? The most amazing day of your life, so far? A day that would change everything for the better? What's already good would become great. What's already great would become amazing. And what's already amazing would become the stuff of legends.

And all you had to do to take advantage of the good and wonderful things about to happen for you, was treat folks with a true and eager kindness, think mostly of those things that please you, and go out in the world, just a bit, where you could meet, and mingle, and fall in love?

How much would you be clucking right now? Thumbs under your armpits, getting funky? Bobbing your head?

Start clucking baby! Beam, gush, preen! You got it...
    The Universe


Today's your day, Laurel, yet if by its end nothing seems to have happened, it may just mean that tomorrow, for sure, will be the most amazing day of your life. Brock...

Free them

Honor them, love them, help them, heal them, but above all else, Laurel, free them.

Everyone, of course -
    The Universe

They'll return, Laurel, one day, somewhere, over the rainbow or in times without space. And then they'll show you all the "pictures" they took, play some weird music, and finally... they'll thank you. Crazy love.

Everything is optional

Everything is optional, Laurel, and every option holds a promise, and in every promise there's a plan for the "best of your life."

So, whatever you chose, or may yet choose, celebrate it.

To the conga line, "HEY!" -
    The Universe

Even not choosing, Laurel, is choosing, and this too deserves celebrating... "HEY!"

So much air, so little time

As you know, Laurel, for those already within time and space, their lives are usually all about finding love and making money.

Yet not so long ago, while awaiting their first turn, Laurel, breathing would have been enough.

So much air, so little time -
    The Universe

Hey, Laurel, I vote for breathing, finding love, and making money, in that order.

Do you know

 Do you know what the former-living celebrate the most, Laurel, when they consider their earlier times in space?

Not homes bought, cars driven, mountains climbed, or islands hopped, but fears faced, hearts mended, faith restored, and love bared.

A hearty crew (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk) -
    The Universe

Not that you can't also have a cool home on a nice island, Laurel, or even a new, faster, fancier, lighter laptop while you're at it.

Go do something radical

Never has there been a moment in your life, Laurel, that wasn't also a moment in mine.

Never have you laughed without me, cried alone, or loved in vain.

And never have you dreamed a dream, that destiny had not ordained.

Thanks,
    The Universe


Now let's go do something radical about our new, faster, fancier, lighter laptop, Laurel.

Be the wave

You only ever have to ride the wave of life, Laurel, not create it, to be taken anywhere you dream of being.

Hang ten,
    The Universe

Be the wave, Laurel.

Born to run

Some of the things that hurt us here the most, Laurel, are your regrets over the past, insecurities over downtime, and self-doubts over decisions to be made.

Heck, the past was only warm-up practice, downtime gives us a chance to set a new stage, and it's you we call "the boss."

Born to run,
    The Universe

Love yourself, Laurel, we do.

Spread the word

Wild, huh, Laurel, how the entirety of living deliberately can be summed up in just three words?

Thoughts become things.

Of course, beliefs are important too, but your thoughts can change what you believe.

And words are important, they're your thoughts that will become things the soonest.

And taking action is absolutely critical, because more than anything else, it creates expectation.

Spread the word,
    The Universe

You were thinking chocolate, vanilla, Laurel, and strawberry?

Playing both ends to the middle

Your generosity, Laurel, is making a name for you here in the unseen, while at the same time rattling the floodgates there on the plane of manifestation.

I bet you're good at chess...

Check,
    The Universe

Playing both ends to the middle, Laurel, will get you everywhere.