Hi again friends,
This past weekend I cruised by a pile of wood that was actually a broken down piano in my neighbors yard, only a short block away. I love to rescue stuff that is headed to the landfill and give it another chance. I have at least six pieces of whimiscally painted furniture in my (man cave) house that came from various dumpsters and junk piles.
So I sopped, considered it and thought 'no Stram, no, walk away...". On Monday I was headed to the Post Office to check my mail and I realized I had forgotten my PO Box key. Since I was sitting at a red light anyway, I decided to go around the block and go home and get it. So I cruise around the block (I'm on my scooter, of course) and suddenly find myself passing the same wood pile again - it was still there. This time I couldn't resist. The wood is beautiful quarter-sawn oak and massive, and after only a few minutes of studying the dimensions I decided to go get my car and do the rescue. Here's a photo of the pieces.
So I piled them onto the bench that's on my deck and started measuring and cutting. Meanwhile, I'm realizing that I had just been thinking about building myself a new jewelry bench because my other one is small and limits the projects that I do. Boom - My universe guides me to this pile. Like I said, I totally believe in synchronicity and could write a book about many things that have occurred in my life. Here's a photo of my initial thinking.
After a few hours of having fun I had the design finalized and felt like it was ready. However, I still needed some legs or something solid to set it on. I knew something would 'show up', I just had to be patient and resist the urge to go to Home Depot and buy anything. I called it a day and went inside. Next day - on the way to work, my patience was still testing me, when I remembered I had a stack of cinder blocks left over from somebody's abandoned aquarium set-up. They've been sitting there for at least 3 years, haha. I had to work overtime today and couldn't wait to get home and get it into my house. I also had 2 of my buddies drop by unannounced (more syncronicity) to help me move this heavy MF into the house.... HooHoo! Now I can get all my tools out and get busy. Here's a photo of it set-up in the house.
Thanks for listening to my story. I will post more stories that will encourage you to get in touch with 'your beliefs' and a new one if you don't understand that synchronicity is real but DOES NOT WORK if you are a doubter. Just 'see' in your minds eye what it is that you want and get out of the way. It will arrive!
Next post I will show a list of my favorite authors and LOA people who helped me realize this. G R A T I TU D E ! ! ! !