March 28 - Real? Or...
In almost all aspects of my life, I struggle to just simply believe in something or someone. I need to be able to wrap my head fully around an idea before I can say ‘yes, I agree with that’.
To follow my yoga theme of the week, I’ll give a yoga-based example. I cannot just try a pose. I need to see someone else do it, I need to understand what part of their body is balancing out the other part of their body, and I need to fully comprehend both how to get in and how to get out of said pose.
However, the one area where I am a total and complete hypocrite in terms of needing to know all of the information before forming an opinion is with ‘signs’. You know, like I’m moving to this place because a bird landed on my shoulder just as I was thinking about moving there. I can’t explain signs, can’t wrap my head around them, but they give me a sense of comfort.
I have a lot of respect for my boss. She’s brilliant. And she also happens to be into horoscopes. I’m not going to lie, I used to be really judgmental of people who were into horoscopes. Horoscopes seemed like God for hippies. I didn’t see any real ‘proof’ of horoscopes being factual and, you guessed it, I couldn’t wrap my head around the how.
Partially out of my own interest and partially out of respect for my boss, I figured out my birth time and my moon sign and downloaded the app Co-Star. On mornings when I remember, I check the app out of sheer curiosity to see what it thinks I’m going to be struggling with and excelling at throughout my day.
Today’s (well, actually this entire month’s) was weirdly accurate.
I messaged my boss something along the lines of, I can never tell with these if I’m just inserting myself into it or if they really relate to me… but my horoscope today felt suuuuper on target.
To which she responded: Does the answer to your earlier thought matter though? If it's helping ground your thoughts? My take is it's all just a way to find validation for actions or behavior needed to better your life.
Huh. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought about it that way before. The way she sees horoscopes is the exact way that I look at signs.
Who cares if they’re “real” or not if you’re benefitting from it in some way?
