I Wish, I Wish Upon a Rock

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Now, I get kind of embarrassed when I think of this but I'll tell you anyway. I bought a stone from a "spiritually enlightened" store for $20.00 so that it would bring good vibes to me. Sadly, this was not while I was actively using drugs, if it were I would have an excuse for this behavior. I was stone cold sober (pun intended).

It was once told to me that a certain type of stone could attract good vibes. If you carried this stone on your person and you focused on this stone's energy, you would benefit from it. Let me break that down for you: I walked around with a rock in my pocket. A rock that I could have just picked up outside off the ground for free, but chose to pay someone $20.00 for.

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Not only did I walk around with a rock in my pocket, I also would think about the rock in my pocket. I would actually concentrate on good vibes being drawn to this rock and therefor being drawn to me...or really my pocket area. I spent a lot of time thinking about that rock. It was just like praying...but to a rock.

What dawned on me was that I couldn't accept the fact that there was a higher power yet I found it perfectly acceptable to wish on a rock everyday. I treated this rock as if it would solve all of my problems. A rock. Not like a gem or anything... a gray rock.

Today I am rock free. I still do the same amount of praying now as I did when I was praying to a rock. The difference now is that it is directed towards my higher power. It's as if the rock was a needed step to me becoming a little more spiritually alive. I can honestly say I don't know what it is I'm praying to now. But I do it and hopefully down the line I will have a better idea of what it is I believe in. For now I just believe.