What If?

What if

a note hanging in a tree

could change your life?

No really,

a little piece of random magic tied

to string bearing the words you

needed at that exact moment in time?

What if?

Would have not believed it myself

but two years later I see

the tendrils affects across my life,

of the Mabel Luhan Lodge note

I found in a tree in Taos.

To find myself saying shortly there after,

what if I CAN dance and did dance

and it was fun?

In which I joined friends

for the performance

of Thriller that fall and

everything transformed.

And took off on a rocket ride

of energy and wonder!

I began to look at everything

I had said 'no' to, 'couldn't, wouldn't

...nope not gonna try even!!!'

And wondered what if I saw this differently?

A large fan of words (obviously)

and affirmation cards,

I had been feeling the desire

for my own idea of wildly whimsical

cards forming

and the creative wheels starting to spin.

But for me I have learned

to trust the process

that the direction, the time, the design

will be revealed when it is right!

Good thing cause I had not a clue

how to begin

and although I have 200 plus poems

about the subject of life and growth

and becoming and believing

and blah blah blah...

they seemed too tired

and stiff for this project!

Or maybe I was! hmm?

Walking up to my rather large takes up

too much room

to park show truck and trailer unit

this fall in Tucson

I found a note on my wind shield wiper.

Never a good thing right?

Especially at an event where

city codes for parking

are impossible to understand

and in constant change!

"Okay," I thought, "this can't be good."

as I pulled it from my window and read it!

But it wasn't a bad note

rather a polite friendly

one saying they had boxed me in

and would move when I needed them to.

Hmm, what if a note on a

windshield was a NICE one,

something you wanted to read

and creating an energy shift

for just a moment

and if nothing else... a responsive grin?

That weekend,

I was have a "mopey popey" time.

Poor sales, too much uninteresting time

spent in a ten by ten space...

I wrote or lets say my pen

started to write line after line

starting with

What if, 'when pigs fly was today?' Look out!

This one made me laugh and on it went

until I had 57 of them numbered and

suddenly I was not glum anymore either.

I was actually feeling amazingly different!

What if indeed!

Naturally, I couldn't resist the temptation

to share some of these witty inspirations,

I wrote them on corners of notebook paper

and around the local neighborhood

I left them on cars.

No name, no website, just a random gift.

Not a fan of the Holidays,

the dread increasing as it grew closer,

I kept thinking of how I can change this?

Couldn't afford to adopt a family

and always do Toys for Tots and the food bank...

but something different was in order!

Something creative, clever and inexpensive.

What if notes in trees created

a difference somehow, some way.

Could it? Well I was certain it would for me but

that wasn't the total point.

So a week before Christmas I began

a What if Wishes Campaign!

Developing a design I sort of liked..

but after dispersing ten

handwritten ones in parks

and parking lots...

it was too much and I had to go to print!

The key was not to get caught or look back

or even return to see if they were still there,

AND not to expect any results!

Oh and not to tell my friends what I was up to...

but that didn't last very long,

I was too excited!

So twenty some notes

have been hung or placed!

I don't know if any of them

rocked anyones world but

doing this for me changed

the season into one

of magic and creative random

playful hope!

Although, I am certain, I was the subject for

some cursing the day we had the big storm

and the many people

from the Walmart parking lot

were not happy to see

a note flapping back and forth

with the wipers and rain!

Whoops!

The campaign is still in full gear!

I carry them in my car all the time now

and whenever it feels right, I leave one!

I suppose some will think its a nuisance

or ridiculous notion that

a mere note could offer

any valuable random insight.

But what if one note created

a ripple affect of change.

Why not try, I think!

And as a story teller and story collector

I hope to hear ONE of those story's someday.

So I added a cryptic signature of Piperain,

in the rare chance someone

WANTS to find me and report back!

What if it's YOU!

Pam Piper Rain