Sitting in Pictures

I stepped out the car and stood on the sidewalk for a few seconds and looked up at the tall building whose glassed exterior reflected me gazing up. “Wow!” I thought and then I walked into the building excited about seeing my college friend, even if only for a few minutes. I had called her from the car, thinking it was for chit chat in the middle of her workday, she didn’t answer at first. So, I sent a text message saying that I would be outside in a minute could she take a break to see me. Thinking it was a joke, she flippantly said, “Yes, of course darling!:-)”

“OK girl, I’m here! Are you coming down or should I come up”

“Come up!” she giggled, “No, I’ll be right down,” she giggled again. I interrupted,

“Grace I really am downstairs and only have about 10 minutes before I need to leave for my next appointment, but I didn’t want to pass through the city and not see you-”

“Oh, My God, I’ll be right down!” The phone goes dead and everything in me starts to dance at the same time. My breathing changes and I am overwhelmed with excitement and anticipation. I am in New York for another speaking engagement, but that is not what excites me the most, the opportunity to see my friends sends me right over a glorious edge soaring and laughing and enjoying my life . . .

That’s a daydream of mine. Some call it lies. Others call it a waste of time. Modern thinkers call it creative visualization. Hopis, the only Native Americans who have never been displaced from their original land, call it “sitting in pictures.” As I picture future scenes in my life, I awaken the dream, I enjoy the now more and I become the woman who can make the future a reality. Why not dream in detail? We worry that way “What if he hits me and my car runs off the road, and on and on with mess . . .” Why not dream in exquisite details? In my head I’m preparing to live, or at least to remember to call Grace the next time I am in New York.

Well, time to go to work, but you best believe before the day is over I will be “sitting in pictures.” I hope you join me . . .

-MizJAI-

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