Calling Out

Been thinking of what to write about today. The idea haven't come to me till I was on my way home from the gym this evening. I thought of putting down my thoughts in writing considering that my mind is still awake from the intense 1 hour cycling class. Prior to that, I was on the elliptical machine for a good 20 minutes. It felt good to be active doing cardio workouts today.

Lately, I've been experiencing several incidents other people might call as coincidences. I'd rather call them my way of calling out. Some call it the law of attraction. There were 3 people I haven't been in touch with for quite some time and on separate occasions, I thought of how they were and what they might have been busy with.

One of them was the publisher of a regional travel magazine. I met her sometime August of last year in London and I had the privilege of having dinner with her parents as well. It was last week that I was browsing through the Philippine Daily Inquirer and I came across an article about her. Hmm, strange. What a coincidence. Maybe it was pure luck. Anyway, so I continued to read and learned that she was several months pregnant at 42. Oh that's great! It's her first baby. You have to see her in person to adore her. She's got class and has a jet setting lifestyle. I love her sense of fashion and being in the know of the latest ongoings and yet, she is down to earth. This incident was just the first in the series of 3.

The second calling out was a long time friend who I haven't met for a couple of years. He is the son of a Filipino Olympian swimmer (many decades ago) and I used to train in their swimming school when I was in 5th grade and several years after when I was in college. I lost his number and I was thinking how he was doing. I was watching TV last night and saw his wife on TV. She was featured in a show dedicated for moms and she showed pictures and videos of her 2 sons and his husband, who happens to be my friend. It was a pleasant surprise. This series of calling out is getting to be creepy.

The last incident happened today. I haven't been in touch with my college professor for the past 10 years. I somehow lost him number and the other day, I thought of how he was and I wondered (I've been wondering a lot lately if you haven't noticed) if he was still teaching in La Salle. He was a good professor in religion and he used to be a seminarian who ended up getting married. He must be the same age as Pa and I like the way he connects with his students. He's known to be the religion teacher who writes his house number on the board on the first day of class. If you need someone to talk with, call him. It's like Dial-A-Friend but in this case, it's Dial-Your-Professor. He leads by example and when I was his student, we made sure that we did several corporal works of mercy like visiting those in prisons / hospitals and feeding the hungry. Well, I was in cycling class this evening when I received a SMS from Ma that my college professor just called me up asking how I was. Wow! I think I'm getting better at calling out without me knowing it. Finally, I was able to get my his number and I plan to call him tomorrow. We have a lot of catching up to do.

I don't exactly know how I call out people, things or even situations into my life. Lately, it has been pretty much like this for me. I guess it helps that I always look forward to the good things in life. I'm always optimistic and when a negative thought plays in my head, I rationalize it and nip it in the bud. I'm still figuring out how these incidents exactly happen but I'll leave it at that for now.