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BlueKota

(3,667 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:21 AM Nov 5

Don't Know if Everyone Believes in Signs from the Universe,

but I think I may have just gotten one. Just saw a random Charlie Brown and Snoopy meme that said: "Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start getting excited about what could go right."

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Don't Know if Everyone Believes in Signs from the Universe, (Original Post) BlueKota Nov 5 OP
😍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Nov 5 #1
I jumped on my motorcycle this morning and got all 14 green lights on my way to work. FSogol Nov 5 #2
That is fantastic BlueKota Nov 5 #5
HA! That happened to me only once on my commute to college. usonian Nov 5 #32
There's your sign. dchill Nov 5 #41
That's it, we're winning. joshcryer Nov 5 #48
I'm actually trying to stay away from election neews, but I have seen 3 Axios alerts - soldierant Nov 5 #60
I'm going to play golf today gab13by13 Nov 5 #3
Have fun! BlueKota Nov 5 #6
I am too⛳️🏌🏾‍♂️ spanone Nov 5 #8
You have my sympathies. I loved golf, but it did not love me back surfered Nov 5 #13
Trevino: I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. Onthefly Nov 5 #19
Trevino, Legend. cayugafalls Nov 5 #20
In my 30's a friend of mine was heckling me how I had never fired a gun before. He dared me. He set up the target LiberalArkie Nov 5 #28
Great story! Onthefly Nov 5 #40
I sucked at golf BlueKota Nov 5 #33
BillClinton said "there's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right with America" hope he was right Walleye Nov 5 #4
Hoping he is right too! BlueKota Nov 5 #7
Got that one on pintrest...love it. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #9
Plus have always loved Snoopy BlueKota Nov 5 #34
Me too. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #58
One of my favorite lines from Apollo 13: Tommy Carcetti Nov 5 #10
Yep uponit7771 Nov 5 #11
BlueKota.............. Upthevibe Nov 5 #12
Funny You Should Post This. ruet Nov 5 #14
I had a similar experience. geardaddy Nov 5 #22
That's amazing BlueKota Nov 5 #35
this is it for me NJCher Nov 5 #47
I saw a bald eagle today as well! Loryn Nov 5 #54
My surprise* tomatoes survived the freeze last night! niyad Nov 5 #15
Wow. I have a geranium still blossoming BlueKota Nov 5 #36
So are my roses. niyad Nov 5 #39
So are our camellias! BIG bush by the front door, and still full of pink-and-white blossoms. calimary Nov 5 #45
Yup. Joinfortmill Nov 5 #16
Oh, I like that! liberalla Nov 5 #17
I am dressed in blue from head to toe BlueKota Nov 5 #37
I'm the luckiest person in the world..... multigraincracker Nov 5 #18
Exactly bdamomma Nov 5 #21
ABsolutely! In my spiritual teaching, we call it "golden tongued wisdom." When somethinng jumps out and Amaryllis Nov 5 #23
It was definitely what I nerded BlueKota Nov 5 #38
It's right in line with Nelson Mandela's Choose Optimism over Despair. Lawrence O'Donnell spoke about it last iluvtennis Nov 5 #24
I'll take it in any case! relayerbob Nov 5 #25
I'm leaning in with optimism today... Half-step Nov 5 #26
Love it thinkingagain Nov 5 #27
Perfect! Thx for sharing PortTack Nov 5 #29
yes. the "what's right attractor" versus the "what's wrong attractor - which is all Donal Trump knows. somaticexperiencing Nov 5 #30
Well, to answer your question,.. NoRethugFriends Nov 5 #31
Charles Schultz is up in the cosmos somewhere Martin Eden Nov 5 #42
While sipping my coffee this morning I saw a 4 point Buck White tail in my patch of backyard woods ... Tommymac Nov 5 #43
Electrons at a spooky distance are real things Tweedy Nov 5 #44
Sweet... neohippie Nov 5 #46
Google Kamala Harris Predicted to Win By Nearly Every Major Forecaster. Emile Nov 5 #49
I had about a dozen blue jays in my yard yesterday Danmel Nov 5 #50
Thank you Brilliantcat Nov 5 #51
Wishing you well tomorrow! BlueKota Nov 5 #57
We had massive thunder such as I haven't heard since Senator Daniel *Kahikina* Akaka addressed the Hawaii Legislature. mahina Nov 5 #52
I was in and out of my polling place within 5 min. Staff said it had been steady all morning but had little or no Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Nov 5 #53
Double rainbow in Baraboo, WI PoliWrangler Nov 5 #55
I think coincidence explains most of what we Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 5 #56
I don't pray Faux pas Nov 5 #59
Thank You - I believe in messages from the Universe and everything is going to go right dai13sy Nov 5 #61

soldierant

(7,919 posts)
60. I'm actually trying to stay away from election neews, but I have seen 3 Axios alerts -
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:46 PM
Nov 5

Andy Kim in NJ, Jodh Stein in NC, and Jim Justice in WV have won. The last one is not good but was absolutely expected. The first two are great.

cayugafalls

(5,755 posts)
20. Trevino, Legend.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:49 AM
Nov 5

I played golf into my mid twenties. I hit a hole in one with a foursome I'd never played with...one guy would not stop talking and thought he was a golf pro...by the 9th hole I was fed up. as I approached the tee and he began to talk, I said, "please, just one hole, be quiet!"

A 4 iron, 170yds, in the cup. Spalding number 1 ball. Spalding at the time would send you a display holder trophy if the club was in that program.

The talking dude was a club member (i was just a kid, 22) and made sure I got all the perks and the hole in one was registered with the club. Probably still on the wall...

I never played another round. lol.

LiberalArkie

(16,554 posts)
28. In my 30's a friend of mine was heckling me how I had never fired a gun before. He dared me. He set up the target
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:11 AM
Nov 5

and walked me out and told me to try to at least hit the barn the target was attached to. He handed me his Glock. He took the first shot to show me how to do it. I put 6 in the middle. Not the exact center, but close enough that it scared me and him.

I have no idea of what I was in my past life, nor do I want to know.

BlueKota

(3,667 posts)
33. I sucked at golf
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:39 AM
Nov 5

The high-school I went to didn't have a golf course, but the local V.A. Hospital let the school district use theirs. Our gym teacher decided she was going to try to teach us. No hole in one for me but I did make a divet. 🙈 Only sport I was even semi good at was tennis. The college PE instructor told me I had a good enough, serve forehand, and drop shot to turn pro

The problem was for some reason I would always swing over or under the ball on my backhand. Rarely ever managed to make contact with the ball. Oh well at least I was killer at table tennis thanks to one of my cousins. 😆

Walleye

(35,891 posts)
4. BillClinton said "there's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right with America" hope he was right
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:31 AM
Nov 5

Bluethroughu

(5,814 posts)
58. Me too.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:28 PM
Nov 5

We had Charlie Brown painted on our boat with "Good Grief"...getting in and out the water was a pain.

ruet

(10,069 posts)
14. Funny You Should Post This.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:10 AM
Nov 5

On my way to work, immediately after voting, A Bald Eagle flew about 20 ft above my car. Looked like it was circling for some road kill. I thought to myself, "if I believed in Omens this sure would be one".

geardaddy

(25,350 posts)
22. I had a similar experience.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:14 AM
Nov 5

In 2008, on Election Day a bald eagle flew overhead as I was driving down a main thoroghfare in Minneapolis. That night Obama won. Then last night, I was driving around one of the city lakes and a bald eagle flew about 10 feet over my car. I'm taking that as a good omen!

NJCher

(37,979 posts)
47. this is it for me
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:18 PM
Nov 5

I read this thread earlier but wasn't in a position to post. I love this omen because it's like democracy is going in for the kill. That's what we need to do with these MAGA idiots. Stomp them into the ground so hard they'll never get back up.

Really, I would rather gently persuade them to our side but I'm not sure that would ever be possible. I'm willing to give it a try.

niyad

(120,262 posts)
15. My surprise* tomatoes survived the freeze last night!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:11 AM
Nov 5

* I had picked all my tomatoes early last week ahead of a predicted freeze. Sunday I noticed that I had new tomatoes growing. In Colorado! In November!

multigraincracker

(34,126 posts)
18. I'm the luckiest person in the world.....
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:30 AM
Nov 5

Half of it is good luck and the other half bad luck.
The world is random and the only control over the hand I’m dealt is how I play those cards.

Amaryllis

(9,816 posts)
23. ABsolutely! In my spiritual teaching, we call it "golden tongued wisdom." When somethinng jumps out and
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:15 AM
Nov 5

is perfect for what you need right now.

iluvtennis

(20,891 posts)
24. It's right in line with Nelson Mandela's Choose Optimism over Despair. Lawrence O'Donnell spoke about it last
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:21 AM
Nov 5

last night on The Last Word. If anyone had the desire to feel despair, it was Mandela who was imprisoned for 24 years. But Lawrence pointed out that every night Mandela went to sleep with OPTIMISM for what might happen the next day.

You can read more here - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/some-nerve/201312/mandela-the-power-choosing-optimism-over-despair.

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I've got a feeling that we are going to win.




thinkingagain

(1,040 posts)
27. Love it
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:55 AM
Nov 5

It’s a beautiful day here crisp Autumn air sun shining snow capped mountains with new snow
I am hoping it is all good signs

( I am a anxious worrier all the time )
So when I see the little quotes you posted it helps me a bit

30. yes. the "what's right attractor" versus the "what's wrong attractor - which is all Donal Trump knows.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:15 AM
Nov 5

We have got to have faith that enough of our fellow citizens know the difference.

NoRethugFriends

(3,010 posts)
31. Well, to answer your question,..
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:21 AM
Nov 5

No not everyone believes in signs from the universe.
It's the opposite of science and rational thought.

Tommymac

(7,334 posts)
43. While sipping my coffee this morning I saw a 4 point Buck White tail in my patch of backyard woods ...
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:25 PM
Nov 5

in the heart of Pittsburgh's South Hills. And BTW, a fierce battleground too.

I have not seen him for a few years. He just seemed to appear out of the brush, gazed at me a few seconds and turned and trotted away.

I felt the Spirit of Gaia speaking to me. I have been feeling the joy all day long.

We are going to win.

Harris/Walz 2024
Blue Wave is coming. 🌊 🌈

Danmel

(5,241 posts)
50. I had about a dozen blue jays in my yard yesterday
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:26 PM
Nov 5

Most I've ever seen at once. A blue flock, if you will.

mahina

(18,955 posts)
52. We had massive thunder such as I haven't heard since Senator Daniel *Kahikina* Akaka addressed the Hawaii Legislature.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:38 PM
Nov 5

Eia nō Kawika e
O ka heke aʻo nā pu

Ka uwila ma ka hikina e
Mālamalama Hawaiʻi e

Kuʻi e ka lono Pelekani e
A lohe ke kuʻini ʻo Palani e

Na wai e ka pua i luna e
Na Kapaʻakea he makua e

Haʻina ʻia mai ka puana e
Kalani Kāwika he inoa e

This is David
The greatest of all flowers

(He is) the lightning in the east
That brightens Hawaiʻi|

News reached England
Also heard by the French queen

Who is this flower of high rank?
Kapaʻakea is his father

Tell the refrain
King David, is his name

Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies Copyright 1930, 43 - This mele inoa for King David Kalākaua (1836-1891) relates how he appealed to England and France for financial aid for Hawaiʻi. He was refused. The people of Hawaiʻi are called flowers. Caesar Kapaʻakea, a great grandson of Chief Kameʻeiamoku was the father of King Kalākaua and High Chiefess, Analea Keohokalole, a counselor to King Kamehameha III, was his mother. Kalākaua ruled from 1874-1891. The sign of the Kalākaua dynasty was the noonday sun symbolized by a flaming torch at midday
https://www.huapala.org/Kaw/Kawika.html

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(1,049 posts)
53. I was in and out of my polling place within 5 min. Staff said it had been steady all morning but had little or no
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:39 PM
Nov 5

waiting. 😃

PoliWrangler

(151 posts)
55. Double rainbow in Baraboo, WI
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:11 PM
Nov 5

My 24 daughter just voted and stepped outside to see a double rainbow and blazing orange clouds on the horizon.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,035 posts)
56. I think coincidence explains most of what we
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:45 PM
Nov 5

take as signs. However, I do find myself worrying about the bad ones. So, I try to give.myself permission to be cautiously optimistic about the good ones.

Yesterday, I finally got it together to deposit my ballot I"d filled out over a week ago. As I walked out to my car to drive the ten minutes to the closest dropbox, a car was stopped near my driveway and someone had got out & was walking toward me.

Hardly anyone ever comes down into the woods at the end of our road. Unlike me, you may have guessed that the car was carrying canvassers.

When I figured that out I said, "OMG, I am just coming out to drive up town to deposit my ballot for Kamala!" In hindsight, not the most amazing coincidence in the world, but it felt positive!

There were three or four of them doing our small street. At least one of them down from NYC. I said I was a little depressed that the only sign on our street was for the other guy, and that we didn't really know our neighbors, but suspect they're all Trumpers.

She said that actually, from where we were standing, we could see the houses of a few of my neighbors who were for Kamala! I was very happy to hear that!

I thanked them profusely & invited them to come knock on my door if they needed a bathroom break or coffee. They didn't come by--probably too busy knocking on the doors they hadn't got to yet!

Faux pas

(15,381 posts)
59. I don't pray
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:55 PM
Nov 5

I send good vibes out into the Universe expecting those vibes to back here spreading only the best things. Peace Love and Joy especially ❤💕💖

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