Day 93
The other night Laelia and I started talking about those defining experiences in your life when everything in the universe seems to have clicked just for you.
It's pretty mind-blowing to consider all the events that led up to that one moment. Like dominoes, everything had to happen in the right place at the right time for any of us to be born, to have met great loves, or even to have heard a song we like on the radio just because we're stuck in traffic. At times like that, I can't help but feel that the universe is coaxing us in the right direction; whispering in our ear to do exactly what it is we need to do to get where we're supposed to be.
In Laelia's case, that little nudge from fate happened at a bookstore. She was going to art school and a little lost (I can attest this feeling. I think most art students are!), trying to figure out who she was and how to express that through her painting.
Now, even in art school there are mandatory text books. (In fact, the biggest, heaviest text I own is from art school- 8 lbs of deliciously opulent art history. Sigh... :) Laelia already had a copy of the textbook she needed but it had wandered away somewhere in her car or studio. It wasn't really a big deal that it was gone- the semester was nearly over and the book was for a studio class, which meant there was no final exam to study for, just a critique of her work. But buying paint in the university bookstore one afternoon, she walked past a copy of the misplaced book.
I think we've all had a moment like this- she walked three or four steps past the book but something convinced her to turn around and pick it up. Later that night, Laelia opened the textbook and noticed it was a newer edition than her old one. As she flipped through, she happened across a tiny little paragraph and in it, read a quote that changed how she painted, how she thought, and how she looked at the world.
A few days later Laelia found the original copy of the textbook (as most lost things usually show up right after we replace them) and looked for the quote that she had seen in the later edition. It wasn't there.
Sometimes the universe whispers to us. We just need to learn how to listen.
So there you have it, my dears. As promised- life, the universe, and everything.
Have a great day :)
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