40 Days

A guy I talk to who works at the butcher counter at Whole Foods told me that it’s the start of Lent on March 1st, Ash Wednesday. He said that it symbolizes Jesus Christ’s 40 day journey when he discovered who he really was. I was raised in the Jewish faith so I’m not all that familiar with Jesus’ life other than what Christians and Catholics tell me.

I’ve seen people with ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday but never inquired much about it. I’ve also heard people talk about what they were giving up for Lent. The guy at the butcher counter said it’s all about self discipline. I’ve heard that if you do something for 30 days it becomes a habit, so 40 would get someone over the hump.

It’s really cool when religious faith offers practices that people can participate in to bring them to a new awareness of themselves and what they’re doing. It’s nice that a man who lived so long ago can still inspire great numbers of people in many different ways. Jesus was a Rabbi, so when I hear about his teachings I find Christianity to be very Jewish.

Blessings!
Laura

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Activity

An artist manager once told me that activity breeds activity. If you want something to happen, get busy. I had another friend tell me that her husband suggested that she do at least one thing toward her goal everyday to keep the momentum going and she would achieve what she was going for. In her case it was a getting a new job and she got one.

I can tell you that my activity has been bringing in a great deal of activity. It’s wonderful to be busy and have so many things to do in a day. My weeks fly by and I am not bored on any level. I am in awe of how many things I never expected to be showing up in my life have shown up recently. It’s all such a gift. There is so much going on.

The best part about it is that for the first time in my life I feel like I’m coming into my own as a person. My priorities are very balanced and that gives me peace. It has taken me awhile to get comfortable being in a seemingly slow process which has now suddenly started to speed up. I don’t know how that happened. I just kept doing what I could do.

Blessings!
Laura

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Reasons

Most of the time when I look at reasons for things, the majority of them aren’t important in the grand scheme of my life. Most of what I’m thinking about today won’t even be in range of my focus in two weeks anyway, so it’s not worth spending much energy on. When something stays in the forefront of what I’m doing for awhile then I need to deal.

It’s those lingering situations that get my attention. It may take awhile for what I’m supposed to learn to get sorted out so I can see it. Sometimes I find myself walking around like I’m a big question mark, completely clueless about what I’ve gotten myself into this time or what I’m in a position to accomplish. That’s when I need patience.

There are a lot of times when the space surrounding an object is more interesting to me than the object itself. I like to shift my view so I can see things from a different perspective. Seeing what I’m used to calling things doesn’t always help me make great decisions. I like seeing options with what I’m dealing with so I can be more efficient.

Blessings!
Laura

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Sheryl Crow

I read that Sheryl Crow had surgery for breast cancer on Wednesday. Cancer is a tough one. Everyone I’ve known that has survived cancer went through dramatic life changes once they had been diagnosed with the disease. Their whole approach to their life changed and that seemed to be the important part of their healing for them.

A health crisis is no picnic. As a person who has been through one, I can tell you that a lot of it is really not enjoyable. The lessons tend to be huge. The biggest lesson for me was learning humility. My biggest reward is how I get to show up in my life now. While I didn’t like going through 5 years of tremendous difficulty, I do like what I learned.

I’ve been compared to Sheryl Crow. I remember seeing her first gig when she started her tour for the CD “Tuesday Night Music Club”. I was living in Telluride. About 20 people were there. No one knew who she was. She’s a year older than me. Some people are meant to be in the limelight, some are meant to be the light, & some are meant to be.

Blessings!
Laura

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Guitar Stuff

When I picked up my guitar, Rosie Hitler, from the shop today I found out some surprising news. Another musician and my luthier, Norik, were discussing touring and how horrible the airlines have treated guitars. That was sad to hear. Even the hard cases that are made for touring don't protect guitars from airline carrier damage.

Norik told me that he sees no less than one guitar a week brought into his shop that got wrecked from the guitar cases being thrown around with other luggage from the airlines. When a guitar arrives in the baggage claim area, it's usually been knocked around so much that a lot of times the head stock breaks or worse.

They said that even if you gate claim a guitar, some airlines won't bring the guitar to you when you arrive at the gate at your destination. I don't travel much, so I haven't run into that problem. When I've traveled on Southwest Airlines, I've gotten in line for pre-boarding and put my guitar in the overhead bin. Everyone was always cool about it.

Blessings!
Laura

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Making Life Easy

I was talking to a 7th grader today who had gotten in trouble for talking back to a teacher when the teacher had asked him to take off some purple latex gloves he was wearing. He didn’t understand why the teacher had a problem with him wearing the gloves and made an issue of it before he took them off. The teacher told him to leave the class.

He’s a smart kid but didn’t know why he was getting in trouble for seeing things his way. In our discussion, I told him that why the teacher wanted him to take off the gloves wasn’t important. It was important for him to say, “Okay” and to take direction without an explanation in the situation because he’ll need that ability when he gets a job one day.

After we talked about it, the director of a program I’ve worked on came in the room. I let the director know that a student wanted to help out at an event and what the student wanted to do. The director immediately said, “No”, and told me what he wanted the student to do. I said, “Okay” when he finished talking and the 7th grader said, “I get it.”

Blessings!
Laura

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On The Edge

If you watch the video clip at www.LauraCohnMusic.com, after the segment where I introduce Rosie Hitler, the clip shows me singing the beginning of my song, “On The Edge”. Later in the song, the lyric says, “Take the mundane to the scared one step at a time. Every step is cutting nearer. Here you’ll find we’re living on the edge.”

My life is made up of seemingly mundane moments. It’s the insignificant, small actions that are the most revealing to me in life. I was in a seminar with T. Harv Ecker and he said that “how you do anything is how you do everything.” If I decide each moment is sacred and blessed then every moment I live becomes sacred and blessed for me.

How I treat people is also my decision. If I decide that people are important, valuable and tremendous gifts to my life then that’s what they are, no matter what the circumstance or what happens. What the outcome looks like, where it leads and what I become as a result of the experience will just fall into place and become the most wonderful thing.

Blessings!
Laura

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99.6% Empty Space

That’s what microbiologists discovered when they looked at cells under high powered microscopes. We’re actually 99.6% empty space. There was a short segment about that in “Introducing Rosie Hitler”, the one-woman show that I wrote, produced and performed in 2003. There’s a video clip from the show on my website at www.LauraCohnMusic.com.

It’s truly a miracle that I perceive what I do and how inaccurate it is. If I hadn’t read about being 99.6% empty space, I don’t think I would have ever thought that was possible. I feel, hear, touch, see, taste, smell, and seem to move around quite a bit during my day. It’s such a bizarre existence to see what life is when science gives me facts.

I’ve written about this before, but it still amazes me. At times my mind wants me to think I know what is really going on here. I’m sure I don’t. It really makes me think when I look at the truth of our nature. I don’t know what is in control of how I’m processing information. Some people like the name God, Spirit or Intelligence. I’m just in awe.

Blessings!
Laura

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The Point

Being an artist isn’t about fame, having stuff, or being celebrated. It’s about what I have to say. I’m not particularly concerned about who knows me or if I’m a great singer. Whoever knows me is supposed to know me and if I happened to sing decently, that’s a bonus. Mostly, I’ve worked hard at my craft so I can stand listening to myself.

The point for me is to be heard. My voice needs an outlet. What I have to say on the larger scale of life drives me in an almost neurotic way at times. I have to communicate in words and melodies. At times it’s in writing and at times it’s in being amplified so my voice is bigger than life. Performing on a sound system in public is vital to my nature.

There is no choice for me when it comes to being an artist. It’s what I am and what I do. Whether my genre is popular or not, whether I make money at it or not, whether I have an opinion about it or not, I have to sing and write and be heard. It’s a soul thing. It’s what I was created for. Being an artist is pretty much the only reason I see that I’m on the planet.

Blessings!
Laura

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Breathing

It’s so nice when my mind is quiet and nothing in particular is running through my brain. Breathing feels so good that way. My friend, Sandy, was talking with me this morning about how beautiful breathing is. She said that the world would be a much different place if people stopped for a moment and said, “Thank you” for the gift of breathing they have.

Breathing is a wonderful thing. When I take a deep breath it relaxes me. When I focus on my breath it puts me in a state of calm. I like calm. It’s so much easier for me to do things when I’m calm. Some people don’t get how to be calm and how to be productive at the same time. A sense of urgency is still there for me in calm, it’s just more focused.

When I’m breathing fully, my mind is clear. When I’m breathing with an open heart, my timing is better. When I’m breathing in a peaceful state, my perception is more accurate. When I’m tuned into the source of my breath, I’m connected to my true self and then everything I’m doing has meaning and purpose on its own.

Blessings!
Laura

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Once Upon A Time...

I wrote a song called, “Once Upon A Time”. There’s a sample of it you can listen to on my website, www.LauraCohnMusic.com. It’s written as a fairytale about a relationship between a mountain and an angel: The man being of the physical earth energy and the woman being of spiritual light energy.

The chorus lyric is, “What lasts forever? What ever does it mean to live a lifetime, to travel to your dreams that seem so far away? And when everything is over, do you see life as a dream? Once upon a time, once upon a time, do you see life as a dream?” I still wonder about those questions and I’m still looking at the dream.

There’s an inner consciousness that lives inside of me that has nothing to do with thoughts. It watches everything as a witness. It has a lot of information. I wish my mind just gave me thoughts from that inner consciousness instead of what it processes as this world. I get the impression that if my mind solely did that I would truly be in Heaven.

Blessings!
Laura

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Results

I was talking with a friend about visualization tonight. I seem to do better when I don’t visualize things. Maybe that’s just me, because I know people who visualize things all the time and they seem to be happy using that method to create things in their lives. It seems that when I leave the results to Divine Providence I’m more at peace.

It’s been that way for me ever since I was little. I couldn’t imagine myself driving a car when I was young and driving is something I do quite a bit of. I never imagined myself being a songwriter as a kid even though I thought it was the coolest thing. I couldn’t even begin to think about how to write lyrics and lyrics are my strong suit in my music.

Every so often I get déjà vu when I’m doing something and those times reassure me that I’m where I’m supposed to be. It’s like arriving at a check point that tells me I’m on track. It has taken time to get used to being in the moment without a lot of preconceived notions. Most of my best results have been the ones I didn’t know were coming.

Blessings!
Laura

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The Predator Mentality

I’ve spent some time in the “predator mentality”. Lately I’m spending time out of it and the difference is interesting to me. The predator is on the hunt because there is something out there that it needs. Shifting out of that mentality locks into a receptive state where things come in without much effort other than just being where ever doing whatever.

I prefer to be in the receptive state for a few reasons. It’s easier and doesn’t require much thought processing. The receptive mentality has everything coming in that it needs so there is peace. The predator mentality thrives on going after things. The adrenaline rush of the predator is neurotic and its behavior can be harsh, self-centered and insensitive.

Showing up and doing things is much more fun in the receptive state. The receptive state is kinder, softer, and more in tune with harmony among others. The focus of what the receptive state sees is very solution-oriented. Its natural inclination is to work with what shows up without anything to complain about or judge. Things just are what they are.

Blessings!
Laura

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Mahatma Gandhi

I heard a story about Mahatma Gandhi that has stayed with me for years. A woman brought her son to Gandhi and asked him to tell her son to stop eating sugar. He told the woman to bring her son back to see him in 30 days. 30 days later, the woman brought her son to Gandhi and he told the boy to stop eating sugar.

The woman asked Gandhi why he didn’t just tell the boy to stop eating sugar when she brought her son to see him 30 days before. Gandhi told her that 30 days ago he was eating sugar and he couldn’t tell her son to stop eating sugar until he had stopped eating sugar himself.

When I was growing up I was told by some well-meaning adults to do what they said and not what they did. It wasn’t the best message. It’s important for my actions to match what I say. Otherwise I’m living a lie. It’s called walking my talk. It doesn’t matter if I know what’s right if I’m not doing what’s right.

Blessings!
Laura

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Mediation

I was certified in basic mediation awhile back with the LA County BAR Association. What I found fascinating about the process of mediation is that it’s really about having a structured conversation rather than determining right or wrong. It’s provides a way for two sides in a situation to come to terms with one another that are mutually agreed upon.

It isn’t even a process that necessarily gives either side what they want. It gives them a way out from being stuck where they no longer want to be. By the time mediation is taking place, both parties have usually had enough of dealing with the dead end grid lock they are in. It provides forward movement where no movement was possible before.

The key to resolving a conflict is to find the underlying motive, the original intention and to differentiate between facts and expectations which can uncover many emotions. Most people who are holding on to their position are still hoping to get what they wanted to get when they first got involved in the situation regardless of what has changed.

Blessings!
Laura

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Smiling

I’ve noticed that smiling makes me feel better even if I don’t feeling like smiling. It’s like smiling just sends this signal of “I’m feeling good” to my head, so when I smile I’m automatically in a mental space of being happy. Then I can look at the things in my life that I love which makes me smile even more. It’s good for me to do that.

I’ve noticed that when I smile the people I’m with also start to smile and that’s even more fun. I love to see people smile. People have a radiance about them that comes from their heart space when they smile. They look younger and more beautiful. It’s as if they get to be timeless in the place where their soul gets to shine and be eternal.

Smiling also tends to bring out kindness in people and there is something really special about genuine kindness. I’ve noticed that people are more patient, forgiving, relaxed and gracious when they smile. Even if they aren’t having the easiest time, when they’re smiling there is a lightness about what they do that makes everything okay.

Blessings!
Laura

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Everyone

I wrote a song for a church service when I lived in Telluride called, “Everyone”. The pastor was a woman named Emily. She had great visions and ideas about humanity. Some of the best songs I’ve ever written were inspired by her work. It’s wonderful the way someone can bring out the best in someone else by sharing an idea.

The opening lyric in the song is…”What if everyone is everyone and we all could see we are all the same? We are one moment in our time. If we all could see together and all share the same vision in one moment we could understand how to take time in this moment and help each other with a loving hand.”

I am not giving up hope that we can create a newly defined world experience here. I am holding the space for mankind to realize what is truly possible for us to live here in a lifetime. I will do everything I can with the power that creates me to bring about a dynamic change in the consciousness of humanity. I call for truth to wake us up now.

Blessings!
Laura

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The Dart Room

I played in “The Dart Room” at Michael’s Pub last night in North Hollywood. Michael’s is a neighborhood bar that could be anywhere, which is probably why I like it. In the back of the bar there is an open space that had a dart board hanging on the back wall so people could play darts. That’s where the bands set up and play. It’s live from “The Dart Room”.

“The Dart Room” has changed. It's totally cleaned out. The monitor is mounted on the ceiling (instead of on the floor in front of the stage area), the dart board is gone and the back wall is covered in fabrics. There are gold stars hanging from the ceiling and colored stage lights are in. Now it’s a real performance space.

I’m still going to call it “The Dart Room” because that’s what the room was when I started playing there last year. It’s kind of symbolic for me that the performance space has been upgraded and decked out. I play there once a month. Maybe that’s a sign that my artistry as a performer is being upgraded and decked out.

Blessings!
Laura

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Editing

We started editing the video from the Jan 28th performance at CAP Theater. It’s a bit of a process logging the tape, capturing the footage from both cameras into the computer, mixing sound and deciding what cuts to use to make it all look good. I’m not the one doing all the work. I get to watch with admiration at how savvy Alex is on computers.

Lonny Stevens, the director at CAP, and Alex Wilde, his producing partner and actor extraordinaire, are the guys putting the video together for me which will turn into a 3 song DVD when it’s all done. It’s nicer to have video rather than just audio on a live recording because it gives the viewer a total experience of what the performance was like.

It takes me awhile to get used to seeing myself on camera. Alex told me not to dissect what I’m looking at, so that made it easier for me to not be so critical of my mannerisms. I remember one time I saw some footage of myself and found out that I was scrunching my forehead. Now I don’t do that anymore. The camera doesn’t lie.

Blessings!
Laura

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Press Release

WORLD LEADERS MAKING PEOPLE WRONG UNDERMINES PROGRESS

(PRWEB) February 9, 2006 -- Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, Laura Cohn, is calling for world leaders to shift their focus in the political arena. “It’s counter-productive for leaders to place people in a position of being wrong and it sends a conflicted message to the masses to see their leaders perpetuating turmoil”, said Cohn.

Cohn said, “It is vital for our leaders to change their posturing to set an example for people to follow that will allow us to move out of the mindset we have been living in.” Cohn further states that “the fact that, collectively, humanity has not yet evolved its consciousness beyond the limits of war, fear and stress is something to be changed.”

Cohn believes leaders in various sectors can help humanity succeed as a society if they stop behaving in confrontational attitudes. Cohn suggests that “the problems people are facing today stem from outdated thinking that has been passed down from generation to generation and better opportunities will exist for everyone within a new mindset”.

Cohn writes a daily blog at www.lacohnzone.blogspot.com to voice her observations, questions and musings about her life. She has become a philosophical teacher of sorts introducing concepts of awareness through her writing and her live performances. Laura Cohn is a graduate from Tulane University with a degree in Political Science.

For information, visit www.LauraCohnMusic.com.

About Laura Cohn:
Growing up in Highland Park, IL, Laura Cohn was a creative performing artist. Her parents enrolled her in flight training and she became a private pilot at 17. She began writing music after she graduated college. Many performances, live radio shows, air play of her songs on radio stations, community television show tapings and recording sessions brought Laura through Colorado and Arizona before landing her in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently performing around L.A.

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Intuition

There have been times when my intuition told me to do one thing and I didn’t listen to that. I always regretted not listening so I learned to listen to my intuition even if it doesn’t make sense to me, isn’t what another person wants me to do or may seem rather dumb in the scheme of things. My intuition is right on target keeping me where I need to be.

I realize that sometimes I may have to accept that what I have to do may not always be giving me the most glamorous looking lifestyle on the material side of things. Someone last night questioned why I would bother writing what I do on the internet if it doesn’t bring in money. Believe it or not, money is not my primary motivation for doing things.

Don’t get me wrong. I do love money, property and prestige, but that isn’t what drives my heart. There is a deep passion inside me that needs to speak out, be heard, and do my part with what I was created for. It’s just how I’m wired. I have found that I don’t do the normal dance most people do. That’s because I finding new ground.

Blessings!
Laura

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Objectives

In acting class we talked about the 4 objectives. If you don’t know what they are, the 4 objectives in acting are: establish a relationship, re-establish a relationship, get help, or do your job. In a scene, you have to know what your objective is or you don’t know where you’re going, or what you’re doing, so then you’re just reading lines.

It’s a good practice in life to know what my objective is when I go into a situation with someone. Other people have called that “setting intentions”. Having goals is another way to look at it. But I realized while this discussion happened in class that I don’t always take the time to focus on what my objective is before I spend time with people in my life.

So, I’ve decided that I’m going to work on that so when I show up I can see if there is a difference in the results I get. Sometimes when I’m dealing with people who have objectives about what they want from me it isn’t always a great feeling. Maybe if I’m able to see what someone else’s objective is I’ll do better at having my own.

Blessings!
Laura

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Business Gender Types

I was waiting for a friend to get back to the table we were at in a coffee shop and there was a pen on our table. An older man sitting a couple of tables away started talking to me. He told me that he had been a salesman all his life. And a lot of his clients were men with big offices with pictures of their kids or of fish they had caught on fishing trips.

I was a little confused about why he was telling me this. He went on to say that when he went in to see these clients, his job was easy. He would talk about the fish the guy caught, the guy’s kids, and other stuff about the guy’s life for an hour or so and then maybe would spend a few minutes taking an order.

He said that when he went to a woman’s office she was usually sitting at her desk with a pen and a notepad. And he knew he had better know about his product because she would know everything about his product and the conversation was all business. He said my sitting at the table with the pen on it reminded him of that. I thought that was interesting.

Blessings!
Laura

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Super Bowl Fun Day

The Super Bowl is a fun time for watching commercials. The game is usually cool. But I marvel at 30 seconds costing over 2 million dollars and seeing what advertisers come up with for the big game. I also was interested in watching the Rolling Stones play at half time. I haven’t been watching much football this year, obviously.

My favorite commercial was the Budweiser commercial with the baby Clydesdale horse and I don’t even drink beer. It was heartwarming to see the little horse try to pull the wagon and then see the two big horses push it from behind so the baby could get the wagon moving as it pulled as best it could. Bravo to the team who put that one together.

My other favorite thing was watching Mick Jagger sing during the half time show. For a rocker in his 60’s, I’m impressed. Putting a band together that clicks is an act of God, in my opinion anyway, but when a band to stays together with that kind of longevity and musicianship, that’s good business. These guys are smart and did a great job.

Blessings!
Laura

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On The Inside

I’ve noticed that it’s a lot easier for me to have some intelligence about what to do when I have an awareness of what’s going on in a situation. That may sound dumb, but I say that because there have been many times in my life when it seemed that I was clueless about things that seemed to be obvious to other people. In some ways, I’m a little slow.

I guess it’s just hard for me to see what’s motivating my behavior at times. Self awareness takes practice. Usually if I’m having a hard time it’s because of some fear happening inside of me. When fear gets triggered, the natural instinct of “fight or flight” kicks in and balance isn’t my strong suit when I wind up in that.

Most of what I am “afraid” of has nothing to do with reality or the present moment. Fear usually comes up in me if something reminds me of past experiences where I didn’t do such a great job dealing with what showed up for me to handle. I don’t know why it embarrasses me to be human when I’ve tried to accomplish things that didn’t work out.

Blessings!
Laura

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My Guitar Heroes

When I went to rehearse for my Universal Bar & Grill gig the other night, I found the bridge was totally ripped off my guitar when I opened the case to play. I was stunned. It was 10:30p and I had a gig the next night. I called Norik, my guitar guy who is a master luthier, and asked what it would take to fix it. “No less than 48 hrs.” was the answer.

“Wow” was my response. So I got on the phone. Luckily, my friend, Scott, is also a night owl and a great musician with a lot of gear and a lot of guitars. When I told him about my guitar situation, he first offered me sympathy and then offered me his classical guitar for my gig. My hero! So I got in my car and drove over the hill to Scott’s place.

The next morning, I brought my guitar over to the shop. Norik said, “Wow”, when he saw the damage. He also said not to worry. Apparently glue can break down in the elements out here, and that’s most likely what happened. My guitar, Rosie Hitler, is not the most expensive guitar, just a very cool one. She’ll be all fixed up in about a week.

Blessings!
Laura

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Ground Hog Day

I didn’t read anything about whether any ground hogs saw their shadows or not today, but I saw mine. Every so often I get glimpses of what I need to do differently with how I relate to people and today the glimpses were very apparent. It’s not like I go out of my way to be problem to anyone, it can just happen naturally, so I try to be careful.

A lot of relationships are changing in my life and a lot of new things are coming in. There’s something unnerving for me about change so I have to stay very detached when things are moving around. Some of these changes are hitting my emotions. I don’t understand my emotions all that well. They don’t always correlate to the facts.

My friend told me that Ground Hog Day is kind of a birthday for when the spring cycle begins. That was nice to hear. I’m ready for the new growth and flowers that come after winter. One of the nicest things about living in LA is all the flowering plants and trees. In some neighborhoods lawns are filled with rose bushes. Flowers are so beautiful.

Blessings!
Laura

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Security

I’m not sure if it’s the political unrest in the world, the steady occurrences of natural disasters on the planet, or if I’m just tired of being on the edge, but lately the only thing I really care about is being secure in my life. Not that I know what that even means. It’s just when I say it there is a calm feeling that shows up that seems right.

I like moments of clarity, particularly when things have been confusing. I think in some ways being human is rather disappointing. There’s always something gnawing at me inside a lot of times when I hear what people are saying, what I read in the news, what I think in my head. I don’t know why that is. There isn’t any thing right or wrong.

Things are just what they are. It’s always a perception running around in my mind that creates turmoil. I’m not quite sure what it is that I think I should be seeing that I’m not, but I get the distinct impression that if I could see something else I would feel better. This may not be making any sense to some people but if you’re at all like me I think you get it.

Blessings!
Laura

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Clocks

I was working on a scene from “Sweet Bird of Youth” in my acting class and one of my character’s lines was, “I guess there’s a clock in every room people live in.” That’s probably true. I know that in my apartment, I have 2 clocks in the main room I live in. I also wear a watch.

There’s a clock on my computer screen. My emails have times of when they were sent on them. Time is measured, tracked, and coordinated in my life and in most people’s lives that I know of. One comment that Lonny, our director, said in class is that time is the enemy. There’s never enough time. Time passes and moves into another time and we miss things.

I know that for me I like to be “on time” for things. I feel disoriented when my timing is “off”. Time seems to keep me connected to the flow of what’s going on with everybody. I know that when I don’t pay attention to a clock, I get into a groove that is timeless. It’s a place where eternity lives and it’s a much calmer place.

Blessings!
Laura

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