Google and the Universe

Overwhelment is about you not being up to speed with what you told the Universe that you want. -Abraham/Hicks

I use G-mail by Google, so their ads change costumes every time I open a new message. Instantaneously, ads go from yoga to Hawaii, from anti-virus software to health sites and so on. All dependant upon the content of my e-mail. Just the way the Universe responds to the thought bubbles I create.

Sometimes the search engines respond in ways that seem eerily intuitive. For example, as I was headed for my computer a few days ago my thoughts were about the foods within my 100 mile radius (Eat Local Challenge), the 100 things I wanted to get done that day refuted by thoughts of also wanting to just lay on the couch to read some of the 100 books I have stacked and waiting for me. The number 100 was #1 in my mind.

When I flipped open the cover of my laptop, the first thing that caught my eye was the headline, 100 Most Powerful Women Sorted by Rank - Forbes.com. After a few minutes looking through the list, those accomplished women made me feel as though I'm standing stone-cold still. But I couldn't find anyone that I'd want to trade places with...nada one.

That's when my answer came through: All of the 100 things I want to do, are in my life because I asked for them. They're like bubbles floating all around for me to go after, with joy. In the past, I spent more time thinking about what I didn't want and when things appeared, I had to wrestle them into submission or beat them off with a stick. The difference between overwhelm and overjoy, I've recently learned, rests in the asking.

The Universe has learned a few tricks from Google. It's gotten better and faster! Maybe the Universe created Google to get its point across to me, knowing how much time I spend at the computer. All I can say to you about either one: caveat emptor, buyer beware.

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