Friday, October 15, 2010

Day 288

I had the most enjoyable day yesterday. I met with a young man from a community organization that hopes to organize a youth group for gay / transsexual / questioning youth. We had a nice conversation and agreed that I should get involved.

I walked from the restaurant where we had lunch to a bead shop downtown. As I was finishing my shopping a friend came in. We visited as she worked on a beading project. The owner of the shop joined in the conversation. I not only caught up with an old friend, I made a new one.

I walked from there to a coffee shop where my friend Anne was waiting for me. I enjoyed chocolate, tea and great conversation. Anne is one of those dear souls who is smart and kind and funny. I always feel enlivened by our time together.

Sometimes I think that this is the way we are intended to move through life: without a plan, flitting from one thing to the next, doing what makes us feel most alive.

There is a Yiddish proverb: Man plans, God laughs. Sometimes I have the sense that the universe delights in me when I live without goals or expectations, choosing instead to just be present.

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