After all the flying back and forth I ended up staying in New York last weekend. In part, because I wanted to meet some wonderful friends of mine, Bo and Jordan. Bo is one of the two masterminds behind The Bright Room (formerly known as Horror Crash Puzzle). They recently relocated to New York from LA thus I hadn’t seen them in a while and wanted to check out their new digs. Had a lovely evening with them, synchronistically ending up in a restaurant the delightful stranger I met on the plane the week prior had recommended.
The other reason was that I wanted to go to COSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, a project by Alex and Allyson Grey, two amazing artists I cherish quite a bit. Enjoyed an inspiring tour by Alex on Saturday evening and highly recommend you check out his work if you are not familiar with it – and maybe even support his cause with COSM…

The prelude for the weekend was that with my being in New York, my friend deposited a check for me last week, which under normal circumstances should have cleared within the week. Well, the bank decided to hold it for two weeks, much to my dismay. I called them up Saturday morning just to be told that there was nothing at all they could do about this, and that the earliest ANY of the funds would be available would be a week later.
This was quite troubling to me as I was starting to run out of cash and could not fathom a whole other week in New York without these funds. I was actually quite pissed and angry, worried and frustrated about all this. Fortunately, I remembered that no matter what the circumstances, the only thing I can control is my state of being. So I decided to go for a walk in Central Park and talk to a tree about all this. If you have never taken the time to talk to a tree, I highly recommend it. I know it might sound somewhat insane, but then we live in a rather insane world, and logically, doing insane things in an insane world more often than not might be quite sane…
Anyway, as soon as I left the house I found a penny. If you did not read my post about pennies, I usually take them as a sign from the universe that everything will be just fine and that I do not need to worry. As I was walking I focused on my breathing and emptying my mind, and intuition guided me to a beautiful tree. I approached the tree and asked for permission to sit with it for a while.
Sitting on a root of the tree I closed my eyes and focused on emptying my mind, inhaling and exhaling. I vowed not to open my eyes or leave the tree until I felt completely calm again, and all the pissed off energy had left my body. Slowly but surely it began to dissipate and serenity began to take over.
After about twenty minutes I felt completely calm, knowing that everything would be just fine. Sure enough, as I opened my eyes, there was a penny, right in front of me laying by the root of the tree. I have no idea if it was there before, but even if – out of all the trees in Central Park I picked one with a penny right beside it… I laughed and knew that everything was going to be just fine. Walking back to the apartment, I had my normal joyous state of being back, bounced a little in my gait and knew that all would be well. Sure enough, as I arrived back at the apartment, I decided to check my account balance… The whole check had miraculously cleared (thank you tree!).
So, next time you are frustrated, angry, pissed off or worried, remember to adjust your thinking. That is the only thing you ultimately have control over. And if you can’t do it by yourself, find yourself a tree and ask for help… Miracles do happen… 😉