1 post tagged “commitment”

Recently, I have been disturbing the field.  Electrical problems are happening all around me.  Microwaves have died.  The power at my Miami house went out twice.  Fuses have blown.  Blackberrys have failed to sync.  My landline went wonky. Now the power is out here in my new South Carolina home.  

I think it’s because the universe wants me to finish my book.

I walked away from my computer this morning, and went to take a shower.  I’d worked for maybe an hour when I got back from the gym.  While I was in the shower, the lights went out.  I couldn’t dry my hair, which made it an emergency situation.  The power company said that it would be about two hours before the problem was fixed.  I decided that I could go to the store while the power was out, perhaps return a spare cable box to Comcast.  I made a list, and I shut down my computer.  Because it was still running, you see.  It’s a laptop, and it has a battery.  Could I have kept writing?  Yes, I could have.  But I decided not to.

So, I took my little list and went out to the car in the garage.  I started the engine.  I realized that I’d forgotten to open the garage door.  I pushed the button on the remote in the car.  Nothing happened.  I walked to the button on the wall and pushed it.  Nothing happened.  Duh, I thought.  The power is out. I pulled the release on the garage door mechanism so that I could manually open the door.  The door, despite my straining, still would not open.  

I sent my boyfriend a text message: any ideas?  No, he replied. He didn’t have any.

So then I thought, well, I’ll just sit down and write a blog entry about how the universe channels you once you have seriously committed to achieving your vision. If you are the main propellant behind your dream coming true, the universe will “help” you get it done.  Even if that help seems incredibly painful at the time.

But of course, the power is off.  Which means my Internet router is down.  Which means I can’t post a blog.  So I am writing this in Word and will post it post facto, as it were.

And now I have to go work on my book before my laptop battery dies, or some other electrical emergency takes place.  Wish me luck!