love and gratitude

i don't know how we got onto the subject, but we started talking about the power of positive thoughts last night.

of course, i thought of glen, and his ability to orate, in a non-stop loop, about the power of positive thinking. while this autistic presentation of constant cadence bore hard on others, i looked forward to working with glen for a few hours every week. listening to the words, 'and that's the power of positive thinking' every fifth sentence always left me beaming. of course, all of our conversations were monologues, with a little tap on my shoulder every now and then to let me know he knew i was still listening. they were also peppered with a running tally of the number of gmc trucks that had passed in the last hour, day, week.

the conversations were also full of glen's hopes for family, college, work and a gmc truck of his own. but, it was more than hope, it was confidence. glen had no doubt that if he thought positively about things, for long enough, with equal parts gratitude for what had been given to him in life, all his hopes would manifest true.

enter last night's conversation. there is a book called 'the miracle of water.' it's a photo study of water molecules that have been exposed to positive or negative energy, then frozen to form crystals. the results are compelling.

the crystals exposed to negative thoughts are fractured, and chaotic, while the crystals exposed to positive thoughts are not. the work is far more intensive, working on large bodies of water, then the effects of drinking 'positive' water, and so on.

here's the hook- the two thoughts given to the positive crystals- love and gratitude.