{"id":1495,"date":"2011-10-03T22:28:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T02:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2011-10-08T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T21:01:33","slug":"something-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/10\/something-special.html","title":{"rendered":"Something Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Saturday, I was running some errands and found myself in a Rite-Aid that was undergoing renovations. Meandering around, checking out the construction; one of the women working there asked if I was\u00a0seeking something special. At first I was tempted to say the standard, “No, I’m just looking.” and then caught myself and gathered my thoughts. Taking a deep breath, I reminded myself and then said to her, “Yes, I am always looking for something special and I always find it.”\u00a0 Another double entendre statement, like the one I shared last week when a friend commented that life was agreeing with me and I responded that life always agrees with me, no matter what I think, say or do. Years ago, I found a mystical message on a cereal box “To see if you’re a winner, look inside.”\u00a0 That was in reference to a contest they were running, but I took it a whole ‘nother way, as you might guess.<\/p>\n

So, off I was out into my ‘special day’. First to the gym for a great ‘playout’ and then to an outdoor performance of my musician friends Annabella Wood, Ashley Blanco and Sam Haines at the Pennypack Harvest Festival in Horsham. Their music is a little bit country, with a splash of spirituality, a fragrance of folk, a dash of drumming, blended\u00a0into their multi-instrumental soup. They don’t yet have a name, so I called out an idea…A Work In Progress. Who knows?\u00a0 From there, with my friend and creative collaborator Peggy Tileston as we are teaching a class for therapeutic professionals on using creative modalities when words aren’t enough. On to my next encounter…this time with my friend Rod about whom I wrote in yesterday’s Bliss Blog (author of\u00a0 the newly blooming book: The Flower of My Heart<\/em><\/strong>).\u00a0 After he and I took a brief walk on South Street in Philly, I headed to my favorite spiritual book store called Garland of Letters that has been a staple in the community for more than 30 years.\u00a0 Healthy,\u00a0 yummy dinner at a Vegan restaurant called Loving Hut whose walls were decorated with pics of\u00a0 famous vegetarians\/vegans..such large portions that was enough for another meal!\u00a0 Happily satisfied with a body-mind-spirit nourishing day, I actually slept well for the first time in days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next day,\u00a0I\u00a0found myself\u00a0meandering through Doylestown, without a particular plan. I was standing on\u00a0State Street, breathing in the early autumn air, when heading my way are my friends Rhetta Morgan and Connie Keener, smiling\u00a0as brightly as the sun.\u00a0 Hugging hello’s, they told me that they were heading for ice cream at Nonno’s which is a little coffee shop; a gem in this Bucks County town.\u00a0 Perusing the delights behind the counter, my eyes lit up when I beheld a delicacy called “Billionaire Chocolate”. Although chocolate is my drug of choice, the name was reason enough to indulge in the treat.\u00a0 No false advertising here….it really\u00a0tasted like a gazillion buck flavor.\u00a0 I joked that, of course, all the fat and calories had been magically whisked away. I am all about pleasure, sans guilt.\u00a0 Connie, Rhetta and I spent the better part of an hour or so, talking about ‘life, the universe and everything’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0My treasure chest filled with love, friendship, growth opportunities, abundance,\u00a0pleasure, fun, adventure, delight\u00a0 and BLISS spilleth over!\u00a0<\/p>\n

How about yours?<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/youtu.be\/uyXGUNaUMOE<\/a>\u00a0 Something Special by Colbie Caillat<\/p>\n

www.lovinghut.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.garlandofletters.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0www.annabellawood.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.transformationalresources.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.heavenherenow.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.nonnoscafe.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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