ETHER YOU DO OR ETHER YOU DON'T

I live in a part of the world…

Where spirituality is everywhere…

Or perhaps I should say…

Spiritually-minded people are everywhere.

I like this kind of thinking…

We of this mindset…

See the world more peaceful…

Everything happens for a reason…

Something  is neither good nor bad, only…

 “It is what it's supposed to be” …

And I get it…

For the most part…

But there are times when I must draw a line…

Like a couple of months ago…

I was traveling with a friend in my car…

When all of a sudden…
SCWINCH SCWINCH SCWINCH 

“Damn it! It’s my brakes - again!
I hate this car!  Waa waa waaaaaaaaaaa!”

“Don’t be so hard on your car," my friend said… 
"It’s taken you many places… 
Perhaps you need to learn something from this.”

Learn something? Are you frickin’ kidding me?

There's only one thing I've learned…
And that's this car is a piece of crap!

There’s nothing spiritual about this…
Is what I wanted to say…

But he was dead serious…

And I kept quite.  

Well, two days ago…

SCWINCH SCWINCH SCWINCH 
Are you frickin' kidding me? Again?
So yesterday…
A fourth trip to fix my brakes…  

Ah, but this time to a new mechanic…

“Whoever worked on your brakes before…

Didn’t lube the calipers and brake pads…

Yada, yada, yada," the mechanic said. "The brake
pads are worn and you need new ones."

(thank goodness my nephew speaks Spanish because

I have no clue how to say calipers in Spanish)

So? 

What am I supposed to take away from this experience?
What spiritual lesson do I need to learn…
From three crappy brake jobs…
By three crappy mechanics?  
Hmm?
Perhaps to keep going, searching, and finding?
Until I get the best?
And if that is the lesson I need to learn…
I just hope the next lessons won't be as costly! 

What about you?

How much spirituality…

Do you put into your day’s/life's events? 
And do you find lessons in everything? 

Always, 
Em-Musing

FORBID ME NOT

Hmmm? 

What’s with all the forbidden messages…

On the Internet?
The other day…

I clicked on a website and got this…

FORBIDDEN: You don't have permission to access!

Suddenly… 
I felt like I was standing in front of a door…

A heavy wooden door with clunky metal hardware…

And a little window…

With a burly guy on the other side…

Who snarls out the window…

“You are forbidden to enter!”

Really? Forbidden? 

And then just yesterday…

I clicked to follow someone on Twitter…

And got this message: 

FORBIDDEN It looks like you've hit a following limit!

Jheeze Louise!

I just started posting on Twitter again…

No way I’ve hit my limit.

And really…

The messages could have just said…

Access Denied. Not allowed or…

Oops, no can do. 
And then this morning…
Another FORBIDDEN message from Twitter… 
With a link directing me to a page…
With all the Twitter "no-no" behavior…
Warning me not to do any of it.
Hey! I'm not that kind of gal!

But seriously…
All this falderal …

Is why for Social Media, for me…

Is a time-consuming royal pain in my…

Day!

** sigh **

I know it’s necessary…

And all published authors do it…

So I’ll quit all the whining and…

Just do it!  

How about you?

Love or hate social media?

** Blogging not included **

I LOVE to blog and follow.

Always,

Em-Musing

P.S.  The Best Exotic Writer Retreat is moving forward! 
      More info and pics coming soon.

BEGINNINGS

As John Lennon wrote in one of his songs...
It's...
Another year over...

And a new one just begun...

For me...

This year begins with much excitement...

And anticipation...

I have several projects already in the works...

First...

And literally on January first...

I found a beta reader for one of my manuscripts...

That I will get published this year...

With an Indie publishing house.

This manuscript is NA dark fantasy...

(not the current genre I write in)

And has been lingering in my computer...

For far too long. It’s time!

.Second...

Tah, tah, tah DAH!!

 I, along with another published writer... 
Am opening...

THE BEST EXOTIC WRITER RETREAT

Here on the Riviera Maya...

At a fabulous place called Taninah.

The web page is being designed now...

And I will post it as soon as it is finished.

It will be a retreat like no other...

OK, and yes, of course...

Some elements will be like other retreats...

But this retreat will focus on...

Well, I’ll let the web page explain more later.

And of course, I will bring in an agent...

Publisher, or editor plus other guest speakers. 
I would love your input...

If you were attending a writer retreat...

What would you expect for your investment?

How many days would be good for you?
Have you ever attended a writer retreat?

What was your experience?

And last but not least...
Are YOU or do you know of any... 
Guest speakers, agents, or editors?

Thanks!

Always,

Em-Musing