Friday, January 23, 2009

I see Signs.

found here from here

I'm the kind of person who is always on the look out for signs. Street signs, road signs, 2-4-1 signs, but mainly I'm out there trying to be receptive to signs that mean something to me personally, in the figurative/metaphorical kind of sense. Sure this may mean I have some kind of brain tumor pressing against some section of my brain that makes me delusional, but I prefer to think of it as communing with the universe. I'm of the belief that we are all connected in a way that only physicists can comprehend, think energy and atoms, so for that abstract reason I like to believe that things aren't always random and at the same time that there isn't some grand authority figure in the sky waiting to smite me because I had a slice of pepperoni pizza on Friday. It's more of the butterfly effect, tweaked slightly; it's recognizing that actions all across the world, and those extremely close have consequences that maybe imperceptible to the conscious decision making process but are out their affecting things none-the-less.

this is a picture I took inside my towns new library, which is strictly verboten,

but i saw the reflection and thought, 'import a life? WTF?"

For example: Last summer, before one of my classes started, my professor, another student and I were talking, I can't really remember what about and I can't actually remember that other woman's name but what she said has since resonated with me. She said "You have to ask for what you want." Simple statement, yes, but I've come back to it again and again. Now, I'm not one who easily asks for help, I don't really like to be 'a bother' and I do not like confrontation so this concept of easily asking for what I want is definitely not as easy as it seems; but now it's there, in the back of my head constantly pushing my fear in the ribs and getting it's back up whenever I feel the impulse to give up without trying. It reminds me of that biblical cliche "ask and thee shall receive." Some out there may see me asking for signs and so I'm receiving them, but it's what I want. I want to believe that we are all connected. I want to believe that there is meaning to our actions. I want to be on the look out for new advice that rings true for me like an epiphany on a clear day illuminating one of life's little tools for getting by. So I invite you all to come and look for signs in the world that mean something to you; it makes the world seem to be a much friendly place than perhaps it is and it makes you feel like you might actually belong.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I found this one to be useful...and by 'useful' i mean 'mildly amusing':

http://signsrus.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/funny_sign_1.jpg

And this is important to note:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h91/keepthemoney1/star-trek-inspirational-poster.jpg

And in all seriousness:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2694266265_b6b62c2c1e.jpg?v=0