Jbjab

[val]

Well things are going swimmingly for me. I'm in a great job... comfy home. My financial situation is as stable as if not more than it's ever been. The building is going up behind the scaffolding quite nicely. The article I turned in on the woman who gave me the great quote was a big hit. And it was only the beginning.

And I just don't find a lot of valid reason to consult the Yi any more.

Plus I'm tired of their seeming to hark on the subject of my long gone boyfriend in the UK... My Great Man. It's been soooooo long since I've heard from him, I doubt I ever will... I'd be really surprised if I did. And I've determined that I imagined it all... that I misunderstood what the Yi was saying with 13.5, etc... that I misunderstood my dreams. I just want to close the door on this imaginary lover that has not and appears will never materialize again. And shutting out the Yi is a good way to do it. So ... I resolved on Friday to never ask the Yi another question about love life again.

I went to Palm Desert with my daughter and grandson for haircuts on Saturday. While I was getting my hair cut, I let my grandson play with my phone. My daughter took it from him after awhile because he was pushing the buttons just a little too much, and she thought he might manage to get a call through. She handed it back to me, and said, "Uh oh Mom... I'm sorry. It seems your grandson has managed to program a contact into your phone." I looked down at the name he'd managed to type in. I froze. I couldn't talk. I couldn't move. Someone kept trying to hand me a mirror to look at the cut, and I just stared in shock at the name on my phone.

It certainly could have been MY imagination all this time... but I KNOW it wasn't my 17 month old grandson's imagination. Through the hands of a babe... the contact name he typed in was jbjab. MGM's name.

Now that I'm over the shock, I'm going to chalk it up to coincidence... weird coincidence... very weird coincidence... and I'm back to my resolve.

And that said... I'm outta here. As much as I love the learning I've gotten about the Yi here, as much as I've grown fond of so many of the people here, as grateful as I am to Hilary for this wonderful opportunity, I'm loving the new friends I've made on my new job...they're so happy... and stable *grin* And I'm loving all my old friends that I've been reuniting with. I love the things we all get together and do in our spare time... and I want to do more... so I just don't really have any spare time left for the net... you know.

If you need me... my email addie is in my profile. Ciao for now.

Love,

Val

[hilary]

Val, you will be dropping in here from time to time, won't you?
GOOD.

Now, let's see... you followed Yi's advice even when it seemed barking mad, and everything is going beautifully for you.
(Congratulations!
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On the subject of this ex bf... Yi has come up with hexagrams like 13, which means going outside your usual boundaries to make friendly connections... you resolve not to listen to Yi on this one... and the next day you are clobbered over the head with a synchronicity the size of a bus, involving your telephone.

Me, I wouldn't dream of commenting. http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/I_Ching_community/clipart/wink.gif

[jte]

"Now that I'm over the shock, I'm going to chalk it up to coincidence... weird coincidence... very weird coincidence... and I'm back to my resolve. "

Heh, how did Sting put it "... the missing link, synchronicity."

But is it a message (and it is a message, btw) to drop your resolve not to contact him, or to be firm about it?

Obviously that's going to have to be your call (pun intended). ;-)

Anyhow it's been extremely interesting hearing about your bona fide life-transforming experiences. Perhaps the intent behind some of your posts has been misunderstood from time to time, but I do hope you don't stay gone forever...

- Jeff

[heylise]

I sure hope to see you back from time to time. Not many people around who live so much, love so much, kick so much, hug so much. Maybe that is why I like you so much.
(exchange so with too, fits just as well)

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LiSe

[val]

Jeff...

A little birdie... a rather pretty little birdie actually... called my attention to your great post, and I'm back briefly with a funny thought I had...

So if the message is to drop my resolve and try to contact him, should I use the number my grandson programmed in for him? That would be 3333. Now I'm almost half tempted to try it... because if it it DID work then I'd know for sure I'm in the Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone is what it felt like when that synchronocity the size of a bus (as Hilary so articulately described it) hit me.

Otherwise I have no other option than to keep my resolve because I have no other phone number for him, no email address, and I can't access the instant messenger program we used to communicate through as well.

*grinning like Rod Serling*

Love,

Val

[val]

Hilary and LiSe...

Thank you both very much for your warm thoughts. I'll be back alright, but right now there's so much going on outside my office that I want to be part of.

These people really take Halloween seriously. There are cobwebs, spiders, skeletons and ghosts hanging all over the place (except for one area populated by independently thinking men who decorated in an over-the-top kitschy Christmas theme). And they're getting ready for a big party tomorrow... breakfast of wassail and bagels, pot luck lunch for 300, decorating contest, pumpkin carving contest, costume contest and tea and dessert in the afternoon. Do you think we'll get ANY work done? I probably should get as much done as possible now while I can... *grin*

Love,

Val

[val]

Ahhhh jbjab... I just learned another life lesson and again... he was involved.

He has a quick, amazingly organized mind. I watched him with awe one day organizing things in his dayrunner. It probably took him a third of the time it would take me... his mind is so quick.

And he has sense and sensibility where I have had little in the past. Even though I've changed considerably over the past year, I don't believe I could see the practical solutions as well as he does. The day we parted, he gave me some very sensible and sage advice about how to get my life together. I thought about his advice, but I didn't think it was so sensible and sage at the time.

So... here I sit now... forced to take his advice after all and wishing I had done so at the time he gave it to me. And here I sit now looking back ... with an appreciation of him as a partner and a mate that I wish I'd had then.

Love,

Val