I had found a delightful Harry Potter themed journal that held up to ink and made my inner child smile. By the time I went back for more they were sold out. Regrettable. I thought about the restructuring of world maps and new boundaries (where did all the Stans come from?). I thought of journals and that I'd filled the HP one and needed a new one. And then as I popped into a store, I was surprised to find an entire section of discounted, guilt free Harry Potter stationery.
Paulo Coehlo once stated that when you really want something the entire universe conspires to make it happen. The sentence stuck with me eventhough I consider Coehlo an overly melodramatic spirituality writer, who believes in serendipity.
Maybe what we wish for is too big, but then again maybe a Harry Potter journal that fills a need isn't as small as we think it is.
That last line. *claps*
ReplyDeleteCodex: * bows* Sometimes I surprise myself.
DeleteCodex: feel like I need to put the asterisk back in its place. Oh well.
DeleteWell, that was serendipitous! Not that I mean to liken myself to Coelho, of whom I am also not a fan.
ReplyDeleteCodex: Indeed it was. Someone recommended him when I was a student. Fast easy read, little substance.
Deletein a related way, I read one time that an idea whose time has come will spontaneously pop up all over. And yeah, the universe provides if you put it out there (this has been true for me on many occasions) but tempered by what Mick says...you can't always get what you want but sometimes you get what you need.
ReplyDeleteI tried on more than one occasion to start a journal with zero success. But somehow blogging stuck. My sister kept journals and specified in her will that they be burned without being read. And so we did.
Codex: Certainly true in my experience, although my ideas are generally a decade ahead.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is a journal, especially in your case. I just love physical paper and art supplies rather than digital.