It is funny how the universe works, if I take your way of looking at it (that its trying to tell me something) I think its trying to tell me that I should be in California, mainly due to the fact that I have had seven job offers so far this year all based in southern California .its just a pity that I am not in a financial state where I can afford to accept any of them
Still its good to hear that youre on the up and walking the path that was set out for you
The only uplifting stories I have is the first time I went surfing and the first time I got some tube time, but I dont think thats quite what you had in mind so I wont bore you with them
"Until not too long ago, T-Bird did nothing exciting or adventurous. Then along came Cambrian House, and boy howdy did life change quickly! T-Bird became a member, met some cool peeps, and worked on some projects during the day. T-Bird eats turnip for fun."
This isn't really uplifting, but you should change your hosting company. May I suggest the o-so-cheap-haven't-had-any-downtime http://www2.icdsoft.com/?
So Aya, are you an M. Night Shyamalan fan? I thought of him as soon as I read your post - a really powerful theme in all of his films (that I've seen, I missed "The Village") is that there's a place, a path in life that's yours to walk. Until you walk it you can't be really happy and the wrongness of it will be evident all around you, but as soon as you step into your place everything about your life will click together and begin to move.
you're right, you're right. everything happens for a reason.
looks like you scored a very cool job. congrats. and you're right again, your idea is good. (i voted too.)
I don't have anything particularly uplifiting to comment about, but I just started reading interpretations of the buddhist writings of mindfulness. It kinda relates as to what you've journaled about.
From what I understand, mindfulness is the perception of the world, others, and you and all the ineractions thereof-- without judgment. Accepting things as they are, without labelling, supressing, or distracting yourself away from those things' reality.
It's funny, but I was thinking a few weeks ago that I was able to start "reading the universe" too.. but in my case, I felt that I was more able to read my life and its events as if I were a kayaker taking on a river of roaring rapids, and I was able to start to anticipate sudden rock outcroppings and falls and kind of work with the flow (the unstoppable flow--unstoppable my me at least) to navigate around or away from obstacles, and when un-get-around-able, how to negotiate the flow to minimize any blunt-force trauma.
It's nice.
to be a jackass though, I myself wouldn't completely agree with your journal entry, in that, if those were my words, the perception of the writer (you or I) being able to read the universe seems to imply that the universe is a topographical map that, once we get, we're able to find the location of keys and magical items (like when you find the map in a dungeon in Legend of Zelda). That's why I didn't completely agree with The Alchemist or even The Celestine Prophecy when I read them. Perhaps it was my rigorous christian upbringing, but I'm loathe to take myself seriously at the point when I'm the most confident, and especially at the point when I've got it "all figured out". Because, when I thought that way when I was little, I was almost always bitch-slapped by what I believed to be the hand of god. After having shed most of that pesky christian (filipino?) guilt, I've come to believe that it's not just me against god or the devil or the world. Rather, it's me in the world, and sometimes the world works with me, and sometimes the world works against me, or sometimes what I think is with or against me is actually in favor of me, or even a higher cause that somehow involves me.
My basis on this, is the pseudo-logical hypothesis that I've come to that if us humans define the universe as infinite (how bold we are to define such a thing), and ourselves as finite, how are we as finite beings able to understand the infinite, much less comprehend its myriad mechanics?
Though, if you come across any other inspiring books, please don't hesitate to post and talk about them.
However, my roommate, who's a computer scientist informed me that he believes that software (and thus video game) licensing may revert to its dark ages, when software companies forced consumers to lease their software and renew their leases every year or so, instead of being able to buy the code and own it for as long as they use it. If this becomes the case, then gamers can no longer sell their games used. I think Microsoft attempted this, but was shot down. But who's to say that more companies won't try this? I don't think it'd be hard to implement an algorithm in new consoles (since companies are putting out new consoles all the time and people are buying them all the time to keep up with the Joneses) that forces people to "re-buy" their games by inputting a credit card number or setting up an account which the console can use to transmit to the company via the internet.
Now that really is a completely un-uplifiting thing to say.
Uhm.. hey, here's something uplifting: where I live, swallows have set up their nests under the awning of our porch. Every morning, I wake up and eat breakfast to the glorious sounds of baby swallows chirping their little vocal chords off for their parents to regurgitate some yummy bug digestions into their gaping maws. They're so cute! They look like the have little mustaches. If I can, I'll try to take a picture.
Well the Cambrian House website is finally in a state where I can view it. It wasn't working before I have no idea why. I voted for your idea. The whole website is a very "neato" concept, I hope you are enjoying your new job.
sorry to hear about your cat, your car, your stolen car, your recovered car, and the oilers!! damn, girl you just can win!! i hope things get better for you!!
Sorry to hear all of that :-S My dog dieed a week ago, I hope you'll manage getting over your cat! Last x-mas one of my cats dieed as well. As for the car... damn that's pretty fucked up. But now you do have a good reason to sell it and get one of those nice racing bikes (I'd prefer a Honda FireBlade 1000 RR) ;D It would suit you though!
.its just a pity that I am not in a financial state where I can afford to accept any of them 
I voted too.