Monday, October 08, 2007
Blog U
My friend disagrees with me; he's been struck by shingles recently, but for me, it's a kind universe. All sorts of people have all sorts of attitudes to life, and in my humble opinion, you just need to be clear about what you WANT out of this life, and you'll get what you need, and if you're lucky, a little bit more. Many is the time I've listened to someone listing all the stuff they don't want.... and it took me a good few years and a lot of introspection to get onto the right track. Now, I'm nowhere near perfect, and I don't know anyone who is, but I'll trust this one; be absolutely positive about what you want, down to the last detail, and be surprised but grateful, when the exact package arrives. I recall putting my son through this process; he wanted a big yacht to cruise the Pacific in, from New Zealand to West Coast North America. I insisted he be absolutely sure of what sort of yacht he wanted to be on, and we strolled the marinas of Westhaven, Auckland, rejecting most of the vessels, but we saw some pretty flash big ones, mega millions, and he seemed pretty keen on those. We went and put notices, on bright blue paper, on all the Club noticeboards, and left it at that. Three days later he telephoned me, suggested I come down to the marina and scope his ride out. Wow! He was sailing next day, him and the skipper, 70 feet of luxury; pearwood interior, leather upholstery, engraved crystal glassware, the galley stocked with the owner's choice of good New York restaurant's meals, all prepacked and frozen, widsurfers lashed up for'ard, inflatable speedboat on the stern davits, scuba gear in the lockers..... I turned to my lad, moaned that we'd forgotten to specify colour; it was bright flame red! Still, it was a pretty nice voyage I hear, he learnt a lot, and now he skippers big yachts whenever he wants. It all came from the kind universe, and that is the easy bit. The hard bit is being sure what you want. When we learn what ego is, we maybe get a handle on reality. Some people I know of never realise their real self; they live a life of someone/everyone else's ideals, always striving for another level, never attaining, it seems, that peaceful plateau of satisfaction. Others like me, always have the dream of another sunrise on another scene of wonder, and while this earth is big enough, I haven't seen all of it, and I plan to see a few more amazing places, and if I'm lucky, I'll have someone at my side, like now, but first I have to remind myself to get this blasted renovation closed in, by winter, so I can get some decent progress on the inside without freezing to death; I renovated in France right up till the 31st December and it was cold, so cold, and I'm hoping/asking for a loooong indian summer. The roof insulation arrives tomorrow; not some bullshit fibreglass nonsense but some dense polyurethane foam sheets 4.1 metres long; I'm trusting my concept of a new technique in fitting insulation will get the top half of the house pretty straight first, and it is getting what I need through the language barrier which is my biggest test. But at the end of each day I remind myself, as my partner passes me a very tasty Munich black beer, and says 'dinner in ten', it's a Kind Universe. Nuff said.
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