I'm reading "The Artist's Way" but I'm not doing all the exercises. To get the most out of the book, I really should be doing the exercises. Maybe when I re-read it later on...but here are some quotes from the book as the author talks about Attention and Synchronicity :

"The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention"

"The reward for attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain - the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain : the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, 'unutterably alon.' More than anything else, attention is an act of connection."

"...the slightest attention to our impoverished areas can nurture them."

When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in the worlds of time. The Work of The Chariot

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"Understand that the what must come before the how. First choose what you would do. The how usually falls into place of itself."

This got me thinking about what I want. What do I desire? I want to be involved in peoples' healing. The verse I always come back to is Isaiah 61: 1-3

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion -
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Setting captives free. That image is so appealing to me. It doesn't matter if it's physical, emotional, financial, mental, spiritual - the idea of going from bondage to freedom excites me. I want to be involved in providing resources and a safe place for people to do that. I think about having a retreat center where counseling, bodywork and prayer can be utilized. I have no idea how, but after reading, I think it's important to just focus on the What right now.