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Linus: [to Sally as she walks away with everyone else] Hey, aren't you going to wait and greet the Great Pumpkin? Huh? It won't be long now. If the Great Pumpkin comes, I'll still put in a good word for you!
[realizes what he just said]
Linus: Good grief! I said "if"! I meant, "when" he comes!
[calmly]
Linus: I'm doomed. One little slip like that could cause the Great Pumpkin to pass you by.
[calling out]
Linus: Oh, Great Pumpkin, where are you?
Charles M. Schultz, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
I recently came across this quote by Eileen Caddy,”The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one doubt or disbelief.” Hmmm, without one doubt or disbelief? That seems a little unrealistic, doesn’t it? If that’s the recipe for baking up some magic and if doubt completely ruins the cake, I’m a tad worried if I’m ever going to bake anything that’s edible.
Is life really that unforgiving that we can’t hit pockets of doubt and still manage to create magic in our lives? It feels a bit superstitious to me, like Linus in the pumpkin patch thinking that because he used the word “if” instead of “when,” his own version of magic would not manifest.
For me, it’s a bit more of an ebb and flow - there are times when I confidently forge ahead and there are those low tide times when I hit a pocket of doubt and I have to regroup and clear the doubt so I can ride the wave again. I like Lillian Smith’s attitude, “Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.”
When I hit a big pocket uncertainty, I often look to my fellow humans who have traveled the roads before me and see what they have to say about whatever situation I find myself in (note all the doubt quotes). In this process, I’m not looking to adopt another’s beliefs, but more I’m trying to connect to those beliefs that resonate with me. Words can be like a tuning fork and when they hit the right note, I know from a vibration at my core. It's like hitting a road sign that will point you in the right direction on your own personal path.
Linus: [to Sally as she walks away with everyone else] Hey, aren't you going to wait and greet the Great Pumpkin? Huh? It won't be long now. If the Great Pumpkin comes, I'll still put in a good word for you!
[realizes what he just said]
Linus: Good grief! I said "if"! I meant, "when" he comes!
[calmly]
Linus: I'm doomed. One little slip like that could cause the Great Pumpkin to pass you by.
[calling out]
Linus: Oh, Great Pumpkin, where are you?
Charles M. Schultz, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
I recently came across this quote by Eileen Caddy,”The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one doubt or disbelief.” Hmmm, without one doubt or disbelief? That seems a little unrealistic, doesn’t it? If that’s the recipe for baking up some magic and if doubt completely ruins the cake, I’m a tad worried if I’m ever going to bake anything that’s edible.
Is life really that unforgiving that we can’t hit pockets of doubt and still manage to create magic in our lives? It feels a bit superstitious to me, like Linus in the pumpkin patch thinking that because he used the word “if” instead of “when,” his own version of magic would not manifest.
For me, it’s a bit more of an ebb and flow - there are times when I confidently forge ahead and there are those low tide times when I hit a pocket of doubt and I have to regroup and clear the doubt so I can ride the wave again. I like Lillian Smith’s attitude, “Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.”
When I hit a big pocket uncertainty, I often look to my fellow humans who have traveled the roads before me and see what they have to say about whatever situation I find myself in (note all the doubt quotes). In this process, I’m not looking to adopt another’s beliefs, but more I’m trying to connect to those beliefs that resonate with me. Words can be like a tuning fork and when they hit the right note, I know from a vibration at my core. It's like hitting a road sign that will point you in the right direction on your own personal path.
I am currently smack dab in the shallows of doubt - doubt that my writing projects will ever see the light of day, doubt that I’ll ever be able to maintain a happy relationship… (the list goes on). What I’m aware of is that this doubt feels like a fog. It can be challenging to advance through an encompassing haze of fog. I usually just try to clear the doubt or wait until it lifts. But I’m starting to wonder - is there another way around it rather than going through it?
Bertrand Russell says, “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” What would it take for you to adopt more cockiness (without the stupidity;)?
Bertrand Russell says, “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” What would it take for you to adopt more cockiness (without the stupidity;)?
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