For those of you who've been clamoring for another blog, here's a short one that hopefully you'll find pleasing.

And it will be short, because I'm overtired, up late, and planning on rising around four a.m. to prepare for work.

Let me just say this: I am facing some significant challenges in my life at the moment, most of which are obstacles of my own creation which have caused me a rather significant amount of stress. Sometimes I, like the rest of us geniuses on the planet, do things stupidly or poorly, failing in the process to really care for our own lives the way we ought to.

That being said, I had to laugh when I came across a certain message just a couple of moments ago, because in it I wryly recognized the crystal-clear voice of God. The first part perfectly addressed the struggle of my soul, and the second needled my shortsighted habits.

Here it is, via a cut-and-paste job from Rob Brezsny:


Virgo Horoscope for week of May 24, 2007

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to become dramatically clearer about the nature of your ambitions. To jumpstart the process, read this insight from career counselor Robin Hirschberg: "People tend to confuse their purpose ('What do I love to do?'), with their ideals ('How am I comfortable behaving?'), and their desired results ('What can I achieve?')." Now get to work figuring out the truth about those three foundation stones, Virgo. Once you do that, develop a plan for getting them to work together synergistically.

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George prayed every day for three years to win the lottery, but never heard from God or hit the jackpot.
Finally, God woke him up in the middle of the night. "George, is that you who's been praying so hard to win the lottery?" the Supreme Being boomed.
"Yes, Lord, desperately!"
God paused for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "George, I'll tell you what. I want you to meet me halfway. Buy a ticket, OK?"


Now, I don't expect it to mean to you what it does to me... that's the nature of it. Perhaps if you, like me, are Virgo, there will be some harmony in it for your own life... but either way, it's a message that I have taken loud and clear.