I saw Emerson, Lake and Palmer perform this song at Jadwin Gym at Princeton (It must have been '78).
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside! (Chris mentioned those lyrics in another post here on the Gspot)
Ran into the ticket booth 2 hours before the show on an impulse to hopefully snag some cheap seats but it was sold out...except the ticket guy then said "unless you want two front row, center tickets?" I stared at him (I'm from NJ after all) but he just kept beaming at me. I was innocent enough to fall for this trick and yelled "WHAT?!!!" but actually he was telling the truth. Someone had just returned them and created a conspiracy with the young staff that they be the last 2 tickets sold. I was practically flopping around on the floor. At the show, I learned the 30 something woman(!) and her 11 year old son(!) seated next to me (and my stunned girlfriend) had bought and returned them just to make someone happy. And what a lesson to her child-eh?
Nice story, Brian. This is the same idea behind doing Random Acts of Kindness: http://www.gatheringspot.net/topic/inspirationstransformational-stories/pay-it-forward-day-april-28-2011
In answer to your question... yes, someone has recently given me a job after I unexpectantly lost another. Without going into too much detail, I will say that the loss of my former job had to do with a buildup of negative energy (which came, in part, from the scenario I share below). I did a lot of inner work after the job loss, which I believe directly manifested the fortunate arrival of my new job...
I currently live in an area where it is "normal" for automobile drivers to honk at pedestrians. They don't wait for people to get out of their way; they even drive straight towards us in their haste.
This type of self-centered disrespect for human life really bothers me and it was eating me up inside. It got so bad that my annoyed thoughts were rapidly creating my reality. In one 3 day period, a vehicle came out of nowhere each day and nearly killed me 3 times. And it wasn't enough for them to run me off the road, they also yelled at me for not seeing them come out of nowhere like a bat out of hell! (I can laugh at it, now.) I thought, don't these guys realize how much negativity they're spreading?
So I changed my tact. I reasoned that I could counteract the negativity with positive thoughts and spread positivity. Since then, I've been doing Ho'oponopono as I'm walking down the street. I've had no more close calls and even the "normal" honking has seemed to lessen in frequency. I'm looking forward to seeing what else will manifest.
I live by the Golden Rule -- treating others as I would also want to be treated. I wish I could say that the universe has rewarded me for it. Sometimes it seems like the opposite -- like someone is making more trouble in order to test me or throw me off the track. But I continue to do daily random acts of kindness -- to do otherwise would not be who I truly am. Maybe one day, the Golden Rule will spread across my little town and will come from other towns until it blankets the world in kindness... then people will treat each other as another themselves.
In Lak'ech,
Noa
I'm really glad to hear of your scoring a job-although I confess I had no idea you'd lost one! I've been feeling a bit strained by rudeness all around me here too. There are a lot of disenfranchised people here and the suppressed economy is hurting people and families everywhere. My sister said living in a town such as mine (Durham, NC) requires "training" or I could choose to live somewhere gentle-like Nova Scotia. I'm going to see her soon and I have to ask her what she means by training. She is a shamanic practioner so I have trouble imagining what. I have been trying to remember to love myself in moments when the universe seems to be slamming me with rude people. Thank you for reminding me of the prayer you're using to improve the situation. I completely forgot to practice Ho'oponopono. You sound so serene. It's easy to imagine those waves of love radiating from you to those drivers in their pain and to everyone else too. Good for you Noa
Peace-Brian
I was only out of work for three days before I was given another job
... but I've still got plenty of reason to continue my Ho'oponopono.
My former employer is giving me a run for my money... literally. At this point, I'm having to carefully choose my strategies in order to get paid the money I earned over the last six weeks. That's why I said I'm looking forward to seeing what else will manifest!
I liked this guys friendliness-ohhhh hey- if the vid doesn't show here click on THIS
that would be the most pleasant experience I ever had at a fast food restaurant !! I bet the food tasted better too !
I wish the video would have continued to the pay window. I would like to see if the order-taker finally broke out of her programmed responses.
So, here's an update on my situation...
I've been doing Ho'oponopono daily as I'm walking down the street and also every time I catch myself thinking something negative about other people's behavior. And everytime I think about my former employer, I shoot a little Ho'opo her way.
I'm happy to report that after 3 weeks of begging, threatening, and blessing my former employer with Ho'opo, I finally got paid in full! I believe I was successful mainly because of the last strategy. Whoo-hoo!!