Scarlett's Tattoo: *Life is in the journey!* ~ A Dream Is A Wish!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Life is in the journey! ~ A Dream Is A Wish!

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Life's Inspirational Valiant Endeavors

~ A Dream Is A Wish! ~


Thanks for the wish come true, Babe!

Some luck lies

in not getting what you thought you wanted

but getting what you have,

which once you have got it

you may be smart enough to see

is what you would have wanted

had you known.

~ Garrison Keillor ~

When I was young I spent hours sitting in the clover. Soft, cool grass pricked the underside of my bare legs and tickled the tops of my feet, while I searched through a small green patch for four leaves, not three. A journal lay beside me; its pages opened in the shade of our maple tree to neatly pressed rows of little green wishes. Luck seemed to be just a bit too chancy for my tastes. Wishes, on the other hand, well they were perfectly attainable as long as I believed in them.

Four-leaf clovers, shooting stars, eyelashes and wishbones; a full moon, dandelion puffs or pennies in a fountain. Perhaps it's not the totem you choose, after all, that heeds your wishes and answers your prayers. I believe the magic we are searching for is of our own making, even in times of darkness and despair... Especially in times of darkness and despair. When good fortune seems to skip right over your head, without so much as a "duck, duck, goose", and your wishes leave you feeling a bit like Cinderella's ugly step-sister... perhaps it's time to get busy with a little spring cleaning. Clear out the cobwebs. Open a few windows. Sing a gay little song out loud for all of the forest animals (and the neighbors) to enjoy! After all... a dream truly is a wish your heart makes. Why not dream big!

Listen to your intuition.

Open your eyes, and your mind, and your heart to possibility.

ACCEPT responsibility,

IMAGINE good fortune and...

EXPECT happiness.

The secret to Life is no secret.

It is simply to SHOW UP.

Where luck is random,

and lacking ambition;

a WISH,

made in earnest...

is fearless,

resolute,

and undeniably

of your own making.

The world is a big place, ripe with compassion, charity, and good will; as it is also with anger, greed and general discontent. And though it is, oftentimes, a very scary place to try to live and grow and prosper, our wishes be damned, it is all we have for now. Despite the capacity for resiliency and beauty residing inside each of us, we humans tend to cling desperately to those attitudes and beliefs which we've convinced ourselves to be safe havens, forgetting that it is this very determination that sets us apart from the vegetables. No offense to carrots and broccoli and Brussels sprouts! (Well, maybe to Brussels sprouts.)

It has been almost six months since my return to this blogging community ~ a world in and of itself, dedicated to searching for the answers to Life's most difficult questions in the name of Peace. In that time, I have been introduced to so many beautifully creative, funny, talented and loving spirits. It may be only a small piece of the pie, but it is abundant with fresh perspectives, clean sparkling ideas and enough optimism for us all to turn over a new leaf. And if that leaf happens to be of the four-leaf variety, then let us close our eyes and make a wish... quickly now; for as much as wishes never run out, and never expire, they do have a tendency to wilt when our imagination is out of focus.

There are really so many of these individuals who open up a space for me, and others, to share in their dreams and wishes, and fears and insecurities ~ mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters ~ Life's students of all ages really, who want simply to be happy and to always follow a path of Peace. All of them wishing. All of them taking charge of their dreams. Stop in and say, Hi. You won't regret it.

♥

My Friends

Catherine@ Catherine Denton

Em@ 35 Jupiter Drive

Intricate Knot@ My Blog & Role Fantasy

Mark@ Aloha! Mark Koopmans says hi from HI

*(4-leaf clover photo: Rick Stokes)

Peace My Friends!

“The best way out is always through.”

~ Robert Frost

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Cassie MaeMarch 26, 2012 at 2:12 PM
What a beautiful post! I follow a couple of those bloggers, but not all of them. I must change this :)

BTW, I'm a penny in the fountain girl :) Hubs proposed by a fountain while I was tossing the coins in. Cute, right? Lol.
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AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Lovely, Scarlett. Always enjoy your thoughts. Ann T E :D
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UnknownMarch 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM
“Four-leaf clovers, shooting stars, eyelashes and wishbones; a full moon, dandelion puffs or pennies in a fountain.” I do them all! Just covering my bases ;)

Excellent, excellent post dear Scarlett! I’m applauding, can you hear me? It’s so interesting that you bring up both luck and wishes. I never really thought about why, but I have never believed in luck. On the other hand, I will never stop believing in wishes. And if you’re going to dream dreams, you may as well make them BIG. What's stopping us? Only ourselves.

Love the picture of the four-leaf clover. Love “A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes.”

And thank you, my friend, for mentioning me on your space. Can’t wait to check out your other friends! Hope all is well with you. Thanks, Scarlett xo
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ScarlettMarch 26, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Hi!

I love this photo, too! Rick and I took a walk around our place Sunday afternoon to get some pics of four-leaf clovers for this post. It was just gorgeous out!

"The camera's acting all stupid when I use it," I whined. Turns out it wasn't me, as I suspected, but some setting was the cause of my problems. We found six or seven, I think, but this one Rick took was by far my favorite!

I also cover all the bases! Honestly, not because I'm superstitious or anything, but because I believe you can never share your affirmations with the universe Too Much! It's good to get those *wishes* and *dreams* out into the open. It makes them more real, solid and possible.

You know, I hadn't really thought of the relationship between Luck and Wishes until I sat down to write this post. It occurred to me that Luck was just another way of avoiding responsibility. I mean, if we have Bad Luck or Misfortune to blame for all of the dreams, especially the big ones, that we never accomplish, then we're let off the hook for not achieving them. But then, it was just Luck, right? It's not like we really wanted it or anything, right?

But, if it's a dream, which *we* create, and *we* see through, and *we* have to answer to... well, then the stakes are a bitter higher. Dreams and wishes come directly Through Us. They don't happen To Us with Luck.

No wonder Luck and Good Fortune are so sought after.

Now on the other hand, if I were to play the devil's advocate here, I would point out that it is likely on this great big spinning ball we're all standing on, that there just might be a bit of LUCK or FATE which factors into what happens to us here.

Both make sense. Both seem to have purpose in our journey. Random or By Design? That is the million dollar question!

All is good here! I actually got this post up today! Yay!
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Mark KoopmansMarch 27, 2012 at 2:28 AM
Hey Scarlett,

Wow... where do I begin!

Thanks... (nah, not BIG enough...)

How about: I feel *truly* humbled your mentioning me in that list of friends.

Better:)

Truly humbled, and let me explain why... your post is gorgeous and beautiful, and I feel like you wrote it on my behalf... I am having some issues with WIP and need to focus on it some more, but I needed a sign(post.)

Then you mentioned that you mentioned me, so I hopped over, thinking an award (suh-weet:) or a Tag (...) and instead you've written the inspirational post I was "lucking" for :)

Thanks so very much for helping nudge my Dreams along :)

PS... I *loved* your Comments Chat with Cassie, too:)

Take care, and you both have Rocking cool names :)

PPS... Rick's pic is amazing... can I use it for next year, please? :)
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Mark KoopmansMarch 27, 2012 at 8:15 PM
You know what... this is just like our very own Blog O'hop... only we're Comment O'hopping:)

Scarlett, you rock with your comments (and my buds back home in Oirland call me Koopo, so you were close :) without knowing it....and yeah, Cassie calls me anything that begins with "M" but the Malvolio was bit weird... I felt like a Swedish car....

PS... Tell Rick thanks (and I will, of course, give credit:) And, hey if he thinks it's just the camera... it must be a darn fine camera :)

The blue flower was a nice touch, too:)

And finally, for now... as Lucky would say: "Don't mess with me Linkydink :) (still laughing about *that* one :)
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Mark KoopmansMarch 28, 2012 at 5:23 AM
Hey,

Rick may like my latest post :)

Thanks :)
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35jupeMarch 28, 2012 at 10:28 AM
There was a study done recently (I don't remember who did it, but it's been all the talk on one of the NPR shows I hear en route to work) that people who think they're lucky actually are luckier. I think they decided it has to do with being able to see the opportunities that arise and take advantage of them. :)

And thank you for mentioning me on your friends list! You're a sweetheart!
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MakingSpaceMarch 29, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Well you had me at "sing a gay little song." Haha

Making meatloaf either tonight or tomorrow, depending on when the ground beef thaws. Stay tuned.
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MomMarch 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Learning to reply via your blog instead of email, as I have been doing. :)
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