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January 20, 2007
An OZ
I was rushing around trying to find a menu and figure out which tables I had, as the restaurant was full and noisy. I went up to the two-top, where two ladies were busy talking away, and as I clumsily said hello, I asked them if they would like something to drink. They got quiet as I looked down to see that they already had their drinks. “Well, did you need a bit more time, or are you ready to order?” The lady on the left promptly asked me if I knew what an ‘OZ’ was... I fumbled, and then said, “It has been a little while since I have worked, so let me check for you.” I walked away quickly threw the noisy crowd of seated customers, looking for a familiar face to ask the question. I found a tall, middle-aged waiter behind a wall where I believe was a wait-station. “What is an OZ, and where is the floor chart? I don’t even know what tables I have.” I realized I didn’t know him, although he kind of looked familiar, as he proceeded to introduce himself.
He didn’t really seem to quite know what an ‘Oz’ was either, as he quickly began to look through the endless pages of what I was realizing was the menu. Mine, however, was apparently a much smaller version with many confusing pages, and as I looked for a page number that he gave me, he was pulled away with his busyness. I could find no such page... only printed material in a small book.
I looked in some large bin in front of me for a larger menu, but only found odd restaurant shopping bags and some sort of folding canvas things for someone’s use.
I looked down at my tickets and realized there were some hand written drinks on the back of one ( probably done by the person who sat the large table).
Oh God, I have a number of tables which have sat there waiting all this time without anyone approaching them... what a nightmare this was becoming... a waiter’s nightmare!
It was a dream, to be exact. The one I woke up with this morning. As I walked out of the bedroom with the disturbed feeling from the dream, I began to laugh about the question, “ What is an ‘OZ’?”
Of course, I thought of the only word I knew from the famous movie, and what the characters were trying to do... they were looking for the answers to their biggest problems or fears, so they could abolish them and enjoy life. Wow... how appropriate to have this dream now!
The characters only found an old man who proceeded to tell them that he didn’t have what they were looking for, for all along, they had all of their own answers... they just didn’t think to look inside.
This was another Ah-Ha moment... as I still am reading the ‘Conversations with God’ book. As a matter of fact, I was reading these words before I went to bed last night:
"This book is far from My only tool. You may ask a question, then put this book down. But watch. Listen. The words to the next song you hear. The information in the next article you read. The story line of the next movie you watch...."
This is what God says again and again to us. We have all that we are and all that we wish to be within us. It is that simple.
Message taken, and thank you very much... with love.
Posted by kay at January 20, 2007 09:31 AM