An adventurous alternative

Laurel, soon the new year starts, so now's a great time to:

1. Wipe the slate clean.
2. Focus upon what you really want.
3. Chart your course.

Right?

Well... only if you want to risk having to repeat these steps for the same wishes next year! Maybe this is splitting hairs, but here's an adventurous alternative:

1. Give thanks that life is... just as it is (and that it's been... just as it's been). Because of it, you're now "READY."

2. Define what you want in terms of the end result. Don't worry about the hows, or even the course. KNOW that what you want is ALREADY yours in spirit, by divine LAW, just focus on the certainty of this ownership, understand it, claim it, and "it will be on earth, as it is in heaven (spirit)."

3. LET THE UNIVERSE show you the way via your impulses and instincts that appear as you take inspired action. Don't worry that your first steps seem silly or futile. And if you don't know what to do, do anything! Go! Get busy! Do not insist on intermediary successes, only upon the end result.

2011 is going to be your year (it already is),
The Universe

You really are READY Laurel. And your new, faster, fancier, lighter laptop is ready for you.

Small miracles...

The speed with which any dream may be realized, Laurel, is always a function of how small the miracles have to be in order not to freak out the dreamer.

Hmmmmm...
The Universe


It is odd, though, given that there are only miracles, how some are more accepted than others, huh Laurel?

Whilst in the pursuit

Oh, shoot, Laurel! I don't think I ever told you that whilst in the pursuit of a grand and wonderful dream, should you all of a sudden round a bend and see before you an enormous uncharted mountain with towering cliffs, jagged rocks, and seemingly impenetrable walls, just consider it a sign that your dream is considerably more worthwhile than you had previously imagined, and that you are exactly where you're supposed to be.

Kudos -
The Universe

Laurel, is that what they call a run-on sentence? At least I used "whilst."

Understand yourself

You may not ever understand what's going on in their life, Laurel, but you can always figure out what's going on in yours.

Tallyho,
The Universe


And sometimes, Laurel, this is the very best way to help.

Give before they ask

Do you know what I really, really, really like about you, Laurel?

How you give before they even ask.

You must be psychic -
The Universe


Now I'm going to do the same for you, Laurel.

Sadness has never lasted

Have you noticed, Laurel, that sadness in your life has never, ever, not even once, lasted?

It's impossible.
Whoohoooooo!
The Universe



Please pass this on to someone sad, Laurel....

To give beyond reason

If it's not yet obvious to you, the real reason for this, and all seasons, is you, Laurel. A more perfect child of the Universe has never lived. Until now, only celebrations cloaked in myth and mystery could hint at your divine heritage and sacred destiny. You are life's prayer of becoming and its answer. The first light at the dawn of eternity, drawn from the ether, so that I might know my own depth, discover new heights, and revel in seas of blessed emotion.

A pioneer into illusion, an adventurer into the unknown, and a lifter of veils. Courageous, heroic, and exalted by legions in the unseen.

To give beyond reason, to care beyond hope, to love without limit; to reach, stretch, and dream, in spite of your fears. These are the hallmarks of divinity - traits of the immortal - your badges of honor. May you wear them with a pride as great as the immeasurable pride we feel for you.

Your light has illuminated darkened paths, your gaze has lifted broken spirits, and already your life has changed the course of history.

This is the time of year we celebrate Laurel Stone.
Bowing before Greatness,
The Universe


Laurel, we're wishing you all the happiness in the world!

At one with the world

You know that vacation-kind-of-feeling you get when you travel? When you feel a certain peace come over you? When you feel at one with the world, filled with purpose, detached yet vital?

Well, Laurel, whether or not you're traveling, and whether or not you now feel it, at this very moment you are one with the world, filled with purpose, and unimaginably vital.
Thanks,
The Universe


Laurel, you know that walking-on-water kind of feeling... whoops, that comes a little later in the program.

Build it and they will come.

Don't you just love 'em, Laurel?

Everyone. Absolutely everyone.

They're all scurrying around so. All planning and scheming and dreaming. Defending, proving, and justifying. Laughing, crying, and feeling. All behaving, more or less, as you expect them to...
Ah yea-a-ah, they do that.
The Universe



Of course they have total freedom, Laurel, with their own thoughts, expectations, and decisions. But many of these play off yours, like a baseball off a bat... Like... you know, "build it and they will come."

Resist the temptation

Resist the temptation, Laurel, to base today's decisions upon today's facts and circumstances, which are little more than what remains of yesterday's decisions.

Instead, base them upon the facts and circumstances as they will inevitably be once your dreams have already come true, once you're already deep in friends, laughter, health and harmony, and once having your own new, faster, fancier, lighter laptop "ain't no big 'thang,' honey."
Ready? Go...
The Universe

Laurel, you're so hip.

Training your mind

Training your mind, Laurel, is what it all boils down to.

All of it. All things. Everything. "Todo."
Yours,
The Universe



Now that's quite the upside, huh, Laurel?

What you do or don't do...

For me, Laurel, loving you and your life has never been a function of what you do or don't do, have or don't have, are or are not. That would be rather ridiculous, don't you think? Not to mention superficial, judgmental, and thoroughly dim-witted.

I think you should adopt the same policy.
Tallyho,
The Universe



Laurel, I can't help myself.

well then...

Tell me, Laurel, if you were to walk out of your home tomorrow morning, gaze upward into the heavens and see me there, in all my splendor, pacing, pining, and worrying; hoping, wishing, and yearning; and questioning whether or not my boldest dreams would ever come true, would you or would you not, wonder if I had gone stark raving mad?
Well then...?
The Universe


Laurel, you're every bit as splendid.

Be at peace

Be at peace, dear Laurel, rest easy, relax, coast and luxuriate to any degree that you can allow yourself, for the day will inevitably arrive when you'll understand all the "reasons" that now elude you, bless the darkness that now seems to separate you, and celebrate the ancient choices that once made you. Just as we do.
Trust me,
The Universe



Laurel Stone, you couldn't possibly be more important.

bravo!

What if, Laurel, you received an award... for every moment of your life, for whatever you did or didn't do?

Yeah, that's pretty much the case.
Bravo, Laurel, bravo!!
The Universe



All you've ever had to do, Laurel, is be yourself.

Divine intervention

OK. OK. I confess.

No matter what you're after in life, Laurel, getting what you want always boils down to at least a little bit of divine intervention.

But then, I'm talking about yours, not mine.
Bada-boom,
The Universe



Laurel, you've got the power.

Be careful

Be careful of what you wish for, Laurel, not just because you might get it, but because in the wishing, you may reinforce its absence in your life.

Better to give a great, BIG "Yeehaa! Thank you! Whoohooo!" in advance for having already received it, and act as if you already have.
Whoohoooo!
The Universe




Rebel yells work too, Laurel. "More! More! More!" and all that.

Recurring choices

Actually, it's not that there are recurring themes in a lifetime, Laurel, but that there are recurring choices.

Isn't that totally awesome?!
Love, love -
The Universe



Laurel, you're totally awesome... and "recurringly" so, if there's such a word, and even if there's not.

It's not real

It's not real, Laurel.

It's not now.

You're not here.

And nothing matters for the reasons you think.

Yet in spite of all this, there's order, you're learning, and everyone is having the time of their life.
Talk about training wheels,
The Universe


I'll catch you if you fall, Laurel, send angels when you call, and love you through it all.

When you understand

When you understand why something hurts, Laurel, it stops hurting.

When you understand you have options, you take action.

And when you understand you have wings, you can soar again.
Capisce?
The Universe



If it's still hurting, Laurel, fly anyway.

A glad heart

There's nothing, Laurel, that a glad heart can't eventually have, do, or become.
Gladly,
The Universe



The best things in life are indeed free, Laurel, but eventually, so is everything else for those who are happy first.