Taking a Leaf from Post Secret

I love Post Secret. While I have never contributed a postcard to the blog, today I copied what fans do when they find a Post Secret book in a bookstore: I left a crane directly in a book. It wasn’t a Post Secret book, but a book on war. I thought it only fitting. I wrote a series of peace quotes on today’s crane and then left it on a particular page in a dictionary-type of book on the events of 9/11. Which page, you ask?

I don’t normally spend so much time in bookstores (which is highly unfortunate, now that I think about it), but Seth’s birthday is coming up, and I’ve been looking for something in particular for him. I feel stealthier in the bookstore hiding cranes than I do in the mall, even though it’s easier to do it unnoticed in a bookstore. In a bookstore, no one looks at you funny if you’re in the children’s section without any kids, or in the pet section without a dog tucked in your purse. Oh well.

I feel like I’m just waiting for things to happen at this point: for the volunteer meeting at Challenge Unlimited, for my new job to start, for the perfect table to appear for my little meditation space, for Springtime. I don’t like feeling so passive, but I don’t see what else I can do. Except, of course, fold more cranes. What other way is there to pass the time?

On a side note, many thanks to the person who posted a link to my blog on the Abbey Road website. While I do love the song “Imagine,” I intend to spread other words of peace and kindness, and not just those of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono variety. I hope others do the same.