The Big Apple

While I was at Cape Cod visiting my mom there was a natural phenomena occuring regarding the insect called "ciccadas" - they live in the ground and every 17 years they come out of hibernation and fly in the air - the hordes of them make a deafening sound that begins at early dawn and contintues thru most of the day - a low insistent humming reminding one of the whine of jackhammers - in fact I asked the first day I was there whether there was road construction going on somewhere close by? No, just the insistent drone of the ciccadas...

While in NYC there was another kind of ciccadas - the rhythm of ambulance sirens, horns blaring, and the whoosh of people crossing streets or rushing for their train on the subway or railroad. These sounds are also naturally occurring - on a daily basis, only lessening during off peak travel and Sunday mornings....

My time in the Big Apple was exhilarating, stimulating and a bit tiring - one day started at 9:30 am to wait for the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan and ended at 10 that night upon its return. I had the opportunity to interview one of my fellow Dreamweaver's and SACAT coaches, Janet Wise, in Queens and attend one of her W.I.S.E. (wisesolutions4u@msn.com) power luncheons in the City, with a keynote speech by Betty Healey from Ontario, CA, also a fellow
Dreamweaver and Master SACAT(Strategic Attraction Coaches Academy & Training) coach.
Betty and her husband, Jim, are the owners of Road Signs, (www.roadsigns.ca), a company designed to provide insight, inspiration and leadership on navigating the road map of our lives.
Betty handed out a "road signs" inspirational card to each attendee and illustrated how we each attract the "perfect" sayings that speak to where we are in our lives. Fortune cookies without the calories, as Betty quipped.... Mine read "I am a source of inspiration for others".

After hearing about my plans to drive across country and interview people about manifesting their dreams many have commented enviously, "I wish I could do that - just take up and travel" - speaking to the common wanderlust we have in our souls for adventure, risktaking and facing the unknown. This was yet another reminder of how very fortunate and appreciative I am to have manifested this reality for myself and to hopefully serve as an inspiration to others to pursue their dreams.