whammies

as in, two from out of the blue this morning (well, three, but i'm only going to talk about two of them here) to shake up whatever passes for reality here at the toxick temple.

these two came from rob brezsny's FreeWill Astrology newsletter. the first was the opener:

"If you desire to know where your spiritual work lies, look to your emotional pain."

--Alan Cohen, "Wisdom of The Heart"

i suspect that's probably pretty good advice. where was the man when i was asking this question ten years ago?

next, the actual weekly forecast for sagittarius:

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The phase you're entering may prove to be ridiculously confounding -- ridiculous both in the sense of absurdly extreme and very funny. Yet the immediate future also promises to provide you with unprecedented opportunities to outgrow limitations you may have imagined were permanent. To honor this synergistic blend of slapstick confusion and juicy potential, I'm offering you two pieces of advice. The first is from Eleanor Roosevelt: "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." The second is from Edward Teller: "When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."

well, it promises to be amusing, anyway.

no one knows i spent about three years of my life with that second quote taped to my bathroom mirror... the rearview mirror in my car... stuck to the inside of my dayplanner... i would have gotten it tattooed on my forehead if i hadn't been so intent on blending in with the 'danes at that time.

looking back, i know it was true. back then, it was both mantra and profound supplication.