Ok Universe, I'm listening.....

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Remember when "The Secret" came out, everyone was literally freaking out right? The book basically states your thoughts became actions, the universe in essence is a genie and you send out your wish and the universe will conspire to make it happen. They said you can manifest wealth, health, happiness etc. I sent out in the universe a red mustang convertible and while I still have yet to receive my dream car, there is something to this thinking. I'll give you a perfect example.

My mom is a BIG Oprah fan. She has always been very vocal about always wanting to see her show. I even started a Facebook page over a year and a half ago called "Let's get Marcy to the Oprah Show" we got 100 members. This piece of information will be important later. As we all got word that May 2011 will be Oprah's last show after 25 years my mom slowly realized that her dream of seeing an Oprah show was closing in... in April my mom called me while I was at work, she said she had some news but didn't know if it was real (the ever superstitious)

She told me the story: She was watching Oprah's show on Master Class and was really moved by a story Oprah told on how if you were meant to experience something or have something it will happen - maybe not when you want it too or how you thought it to be, but the universe will in someway work to make it happen. Oprah's story was how she new she was supposed to have the part of Sofia in the movie The Color Purple. She just new it in her bones, she was destined to play that part. So she went in and did her lines and she walked out feeling like she nailed it. After a couple of days of not hearing from the casting director she decided to give him a call. When she asked him if he had made a decision, he criticized her "Who are you?" he asked "I'm Oprah" she responded. Mind you Oprah was just getting started with her show and wasn't well known or a household name just yet. She didn't have much experience in movies and he criticized her for that as well. As she hung up the phone, Oprah described feeling deflated and thought she probably didn't get the part due to her weight. So she promptly headed to a fat farm to loose some weight and get back out there. She described while she was out on the track she was overcome with emotion and fell to the ground crying and said "God, I know I was supposed to get that part, but you must have another plan for me, I surrender!" she picked herself back up and continued to walk. A short time after, a member of the camp came running up to her and said she had a phone call. When she got to the phone, it was Steven Spielberg and he said "If you loose one pound, the part isn't yours." And she got the part. The part she knew she was destined for.

After watching that my mom felt compelled to go onto Oprah's site and write her a message. Basically stating that she (Oprah) has been a big positive influence in my mom's life over the last 25 years and she (Mom) knew she was supposed to see her show but if she doesnt she wanted to let Oprah know she looks up to her and she surrenders. Not 12 hours later does my mom get a message from the Vice President of Harpo studio's assistant stating the Ms. Winfrey read her comment and would like to invite her to a show. We later found out that when my mom signed on to the Oprah page to write her comment she used an old email that she no longer used or was invalid. So this assistant scowered the internet to find my mom. Cue the Facebook Page. She found my mom on that "Let's get Marcy to the Oprah Show" and got her most current e-mail from her profile page.

My mom was destined to go to an Oprah show, the universe conspired to get her there by having me create that facebook page over a year ago, for my mom watch the Master Class, to compel her to write to Oprah which she had never done before, to have someone actually READ her comment, to physically look for my mom, to write to my mom and to make that dream come true. The Universe made it happen. And my mom and I went to Oprah's last audience show. As we sat there in the crowd thousands we looked at each other in awe and thought, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO MAKE THOUGHTS INTO REALITY?!

Can I apply this to taking my photography to the next level? Can I apply this to trying to loose weight? Can I apply this to living life with purpose and adventure? Can I apply this to living an authentic life? Can I apply this to being truly 100% happy? And the answer is of course a yes.

I'll tell you something interesting about me you may not know. Not many do. Up until a quite a few years ago, I would say maybe 8 years ago I was able to truly meditate and even have out of body experiences. I was able to tune out my thoughts, think clearly, and examine myself outside of myself. I was able to look at myself as a person in this world - not my thoughts. I would sit and begin to think "I am real" "I am me" over and over almost as a mantra. And the feeling I got to be able to tune everything out, to see myself as a person was unlike anything I had ever felt before. As time goes on and my ego was fed with petty thoughts it became more difficult to tune out and think that way. I was never able to. Until the other night. I was laying in bed very still repeating my mantra and really listening to them not examining them and I began to feel it happening, but my ego was trying very hard to NOT let it happen. Thoughts began to creep into my head, work, conversations that happened, conversations that hadn't happened, but I kept pushing them back and concentrating on my mantra. Now I hadn't quite gotten there but I began to feel it. I opened my eyes and smiled because I knew the Universe was helping me. Meditating was something I wanted to master, I put it out there and it's happening. I want that feeling again.

What I am trying to get at is, I'm going to try... i'm going to just put things out there. If I was meant to experience it - it will happen, the universe will begin to move to make it happen. If i'm not open than I am closed, right? I dont want that. I always want to be open because that means experiencing new things, meeting new people, learning new things and experiencing what the Universe has in store for me. So i'm listening Universe. You got my attention.