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About angels in black tights and seeing signs.
(And maybe, just maybe, learning how to not miss them quite so often…)
This article is about signs. Looking for them. Spotting them. Trusting them.
‘Seems right to start things off with a sign that showed up for me recently. Just over my computer monitor — smack in front of me — is a print by Brian Andrea of StoryPeople. Here’s what it says:
I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, You can start any time now. & then I said is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there’s no laughter, I know they’re not for me.
When I sit down to write — whether my weekly newsletter, a blog post, or this Medium article, I have spent days in advance. I decide on the topic. In this case, “signs.” I gather things: quotes, definitions, thoughts that flit through my mind, a story that comes to me. Then, at a set time on my calendar each week, I begin developing form, structure, and hopefully something meaningful and relevant for you! This article was no different: five days of “collecting” on my chosen topic before I sat down to compose.
