Last night i went to Carnegie hall after work to try to get a ticket to see John Prine. the traffic was horrible and i knew the box office would be open if there was a performance. I took a chance and there was so i go on line. Behind me was a 4 foot african american woman who i started to talk about her favorite musical performances at carnegie hall. I told her a story about seeing Nina SImone and the staff at carnegie hall knew where Nina would set up the piano so i could see her hands. She went off to the reservation line and i got my PRINE ticket. I got back on the line to see if by chance there were any DAR Tickets and the the line was long. the woman told me she got comp tickets to many performances and then offered me a ticket to see the one that evening. I refused politely and waiting in line. THere was a 6th row center ticket for Dar and i started to head down broadway.
while on line, i thought maybe there was a reason that i met that lady, maybe a reason she offered me a ticket. Opportunities are presented for reasons, what was the karmic interchange, why was i there on line again for a sold out Dar show, why did i run into this woman. So after i bought my ticket and headed down broadway. there she was again, with her ticket in her hand talking to a handsome young man...i approached her and told her she founds a handsome suitable person for her ticket. She told me he was the usher and she had not. They coaxed me to join her at least for hte first act.
i went with this woman. She is a retired NY STATE enviromental judge and assistant DA in manhattan. we talked about service of the LORD....my work and hers. She is a deeply spiritual woman who nursed boarder babies, was a foster parent. Raised her own children and her husband was deceased. She told me she prayed for a person to go to a concert with and i came into her life. She helped me reframed My statements around
"tall men always sit in front of me" at the movies and told me i didnt have to accept those Always statements.
i saw a john cage piece and a Tin Din piece that were experimental and i bolted. I didnt stay for mozart. I gave my new friend my card and thanked her and when i left, i saw the usher again. I told him that i made a new friend tonight and he remarked...
I made two new friends.
Irma is well known by the staff at carnegie hall.. it seems her senior center gives out vouchers for tickets at lincoln center and carnegie hall...ill see if i hear from her to go again...
