{"id":4866,"date":"2010-11-03T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T09:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2011-01-28T20:59:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T19:59:34","slug":"if-wishes-were-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/?p=4866","title":{"rendered":"If Wishes Were Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween has been and gone, and I did indeed get my grumpy ass outside amongst the trees to make another wish or two. But, to be honest, when I found the special place, and got my head all silent and into a proper sort of wishing mode, I realised that I couldn&#8217;t really think of anything to wish for. Not for myself anyway. Weird. Maybe this means that, actually, I am content. Who&#8217;d have guessed?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->However, having gone to the trouble of seeking out an Opening into Otherness (ably accompanied in the search by my latest witch&#8217;s familiar, Little Tom), it would have been churlish to waste the opportunity for a bit of wishing. So I made a couple on behalf of a few of the special people in my life, and then dutifully thought of one for myself. I mean, I couldn&#8217;t just leave the fairies sitting around on their expectant little bottoms, all dressed up in their wish-fulfilment outfits, with nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<p>So, once again, there is another of my Intentions out there, floating around in the Universe, gathering the momentum to become manifest in my life. I guess maybe this is really just another way of saying that I have put my mind to achieving something. Sometimes, creating your own reality can be a bit of an effort. I&#8217;ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here is a picture of Little Tom, at last out of the cold and inside on the sofa:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4868\" href=\"http:\/\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4868\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4868 aligncenter\" title=\"Little Tom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?resize=512%2C384 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?resize=150%2C112 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Tom.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, for those of you wishing to exercise your imagination or play Find The Fairy, here is a picture of an Opening into Otherness:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4869\" href=\"http:\/\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4869\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4869 aligncenter\" title=\"Opening into Otherness\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?resize=512%2C384 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?resize=150%2C112 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamadharma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Otherness.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween has been and gone, and I did indeed get my grumpy ass outside amongst the trees to make another wish or two. 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