Create a life plan

I guess I have strayed a bit from the main topic. A few days ago, another friend asked me over the phone “What is your plan?” I struggled a bit and had forgotten what my articulated plan was. For the record, our plan (wifey and I) is, “To stay flexible and open to opportunities that come our way, take advantage of the opportunites that are presented to us, create our spiritual community in whatever form it shows up, and have fun along the way.”

We were planning on moving back to the West Coast last Summer due to the poor work opportunities here, but also realized that some of our investments here were really turning out better than we expected. We also realized that our tax consequences would be much less if we lived in our new home for 2 years at least and then decide if we wanted to move somewhere else, or stay in Hawaii. These days, Madame Pele seems to be smiling on us.

Aloha

We had the waterfall photo on our computer desk behind the wall facing our career side in the feng shui chart. We also had an older pc we wanted to sell and had it set up just below the photo to clear all the old files off of it. I did not realize that it was sitting under the photo of the waterfall. When we listed the pc for sale, it sold in about 3 days. Now, it might have been a coincidence, but it might have been that letting the pc sit under the waterfaill helped aid the sale of it. Perhaps someone else should try that and see if it works with something they want to sell off. I would love to so hear if anyone else had similar results as we did with photos or stuff under their waterfall photo.

Aloha…

water flowing the other way.

1st photo

Here is a feng shui (Chinese geomancy) remedy for all those who want to enhance the wealth and career aspect of their lives. I am uploading two photos of waterfalls going in different directions. The experiment involves printing out either one of the photos and putting it by your front door. If anyone has a wall besides the front door, that would be a good place to put it the photo. Make sure that the photo is situated in such a way that it shows the waterfall FLOWING INTO YOUR HOUSE. This is a sign of abundance coming into your home.

Print out a nice color version of this photo and try it for a week. I would be very interested in hearing from all the members who try this on what results they get. If there are any unexpected windfalls of cash, or new career opportunities that show up. Another feng shui consultant said that when you put the photo up, it is good to let your guides and angels know exactly what you want, and not make them guess. If you want a new career or better job, ask for that. If you want an unexpected windfall of money, ask for that too. Or, maybe you want your mattress to explode and all the cash hidden rains down on you!!!

I can’t remember who it was a few days ago who wrote that having a life plan was like having a road map for your life. I like the road map analogy but with slight modifications. I shall combine the road map analogy and add that having a road map let’s you see that there are many routes to the same place.

I feel that for most of us, we are all going to the same place and can take many different roads to get there. There is usually a safe, straight route directly there that involves little risk. Then, there are the rougher routes over unpaved roads that are more challenging, might require a 4×4, some camping and more pit stops along the way to change tires and all that. There are also the more circuitous routes that might take one by lakes, over mountains and such with much more scenery and a longer road with more twists and turns to get to the final destination.

Some feel that the final destination is the most important goal. I personally feel that it is the journey getting there that is more important and having some fun and adventure along the way makes the journey worthwhile. I’d like to stop at all the good roadside diners and sample the cuisine from different regions along the way. Get out and hike in the mountains or swim in a remote lake along the way. In fact, I did that last Fall when my wife and I drove from Sacramento to Seattle. I stopped at one of my favorite destinations, Mt Shasta, along the way and took a dip in a nearby lake. There is no one road that is better than all the other roads. Some raods will take us to unintended places, like jail or a hospital, for ahwile. But having the map, or widsom and maturity, will let each of us see the obstacles that are coming when we choose one road over another. So my wish is that everyone chooses a road filled with adventure, fun and finds a good driving partner to share the ride.

Oh, and mke sure you keep an eye out for rainbows along the way.

When I was just getting started out in the working world, I also took continuing education courses thru a junior college. One class in mass communications had me read an article by a pottery maker. In the article, the potter mentioned his own evolution as a potter who started out with a specific goal in mind and then learned that it was the process of making the pottery that was more important. He began to enjoy the journey more than fix on an end result and got much more satisfaction out of creating art than when he had a fixed pot in mind. I guess that is a metaphor for life also. That story made a great impact on me and reminded me that it IS more important to enjoy the journey, than to set a specific goal.
As I get older, I can sometimes feel a little panicky since I have almost nothing set aside in a retirement account. But I also have faith that I am always taken care of and always have enough to get by and even enjoy ilfe a little more than others. Certainly, living in Hawaii gives me plenty of time to enjoy the ocean, sun and mild seasons.

A hui ho and you all enjoy yourselves now…..

Hey, that’s very heavy. It’s going to require some consideration. So far, I have live my life on more of a spontaneous mode and it seems that creating the focus around a life plan is pretty daunting. I am researching the pronoia term and it I like the idea. I have held this belief in a different form most of my life, which is more like, “good things are coming my way and people can’t wait to help me out.”
At this time in my life, we have moved back to Hawaii 2 years ago and when I came back this time, I went to Volcanoes Nat’l Park and made an offering to the Goddess Pele, patron goddess of our island, and she seems to have smiled favorably on me in some of our real estate investments. We are currently having a new home built in Waikoloa, about 35 mi north of where we currently live, and our eventual goal is to create an intentional community of like minded individuals. Nothing obsessive, just gently people who want community and the closeness of knowing your neighbors better without setting agendas for everyone.
Thanks for inviting me into the circle Janey. My blog of life on the Big Island is at www.konamatrix.blogspot.com.
Aloha, Peter