The Universe is trying to tell me something. Here’s a quick recap on my past two weeks.
I enjoyed myself tremendously at two fantastic Broadway shows recently that unbeknownst to me, were rooted in religion and a quest for spiritual enlightenment. First up was “Next Fall” – a play that explores themes on religion, love and family. It’s moving and often humorous. I found it completely endearing and beautifully performed.
Next for me was a repeat visit to “Everyday Rapture” – a musical starring the phenomenal actress and singer Sherie Rene Scott. In this semi-autobiographical show, she shares with us the inevitable spiritual reflections that come from entering one’s 40s and motherhood. She and co-writer Dick Scanlon put together an amalgam of fantastic pop songs originally performed by an eclectic group: everyone from Judy Garland to Elton John to Tom Waits. It’s a beautifully realized piece. When I love something, I tend to see it over and over again. Ask me how many times I’ve seen “Love Actually.” (Twenty seven.)
Then on Sunday I watched the four and a half hour series finale of the ABC drama “Lost.” Since then, I have read and re-read dozens of blogs, reviews, commentaries and vlogs recounting each minute detail of the show’s end. I have spent an inordinate amount of time this week asking myself what the show meant to me personally. Believe me – the kids have been eating pre-made Trader Joe’s meals all week. I did invest five years of my life with these ”Lost” souls (trying to survive on and off an island with mystical powers) who had more than enough mommy and/or daddy issues to sort out in this and many other lifetimes, all ultimately leading to their Spiritual awakening.
Then Julia Roberts hits “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday to promote the Ryan Murphy written and directed film version of blockbuster memoir “Eat Pray Love.” I usually watch Oprah in the middle of the night. I think she calls me from the DVR, “Wake up Julie and watch this now!” I always listen. Clearly Julia is living on a much higher plane than I, and she’s breathing rarified air. She somehow can actually be so in touch with the Spirit that envelops her life and family, she literally looks ethereal and otherworldly. And she’s the face of Lancome cosmetics now, in addition to having made multi-millions as the biggest female movie star, oh, ever. I’ll leave the more in depth (and totally fun take) on Julia’s visit to Oprah for Momlogic.
Then this morning, as I drove my daughter Lucy to preschool she said from the backseat, “Mommy? Can we go up the ladder to the roof so we can see heaven better?” Clearly, my daughter has been listening closely to the music from “Everyday Rapture” from my car’s I-Pod because she sure heard that message loud and clear.
That’s when I put all of this together and had a “moment.” Ok. Alright. An “ah-ha” moment. The Universe is yelling at me. I left something very important off my 2010 Master To-Do List: my spirituality and connection to God. It fell off the list! Whoops! Thanks Universe. As you well know with me, you have to hit me over the head sometimes for me to get it. I hope it hasn’t fallen too far. Perhaps I should look up. Up! Yes! I’m off to borrow a ladder from the neighbors so I can see heaven much better with my girls and beloved husband from the roof of our slowly crumbling, 1928 center hall Colonial.
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To learn more about “Next Fall” please visit www.NextFallBroadway.com
To learn more about “Everyday Rapture” please visit www.Broadway.com/Everyday_Rapture
To learn more about Julia Roberts, please visit the media outlet of your choice between now and August 13 when “Eat Pray Love” opens nationwide. There you will find several million hits, I’m certain, maybe even a photo of her sewing a dress, surrounded by white light after running another half marathon.
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