Magic
We make no claims of magical powers, however...
You are what you believe. And you are the Magic!
When you eat a Magic Cookie it's best to be calm, present, and mindful. Chew slowly and savor every bite while at the same time staying connected to the world around you. If you like, you may set an intention, because our thoughts are powerful and shoot out like tiny prayers to shape our world. Be careful with your thoughts. When we worry or have anxiety, it is like praying for what we don't want.
Lately, I find myself in rush hour on the infamous 405 Freeway and and sigh with relief when I finally make my exit. I always save one cookie for this last leg of my journey. As I drive down the exit ramp, I roll down my window, grab the cookie and hold it out the window. There on the corner, every night, is a homeless man. Every night he waits, and every night he receives a cookie and I receive a smile and nod. If the light is red I stop and the light is green I glide by for our deft hand-off. Two nights ago I pulled up to the corner, the light turned red, and there were two men, not one. I held my hand out with the cookie and quickly rummaged for another. This night? Two ‘Coconuts for Love’. The homeless man said to his friend, ‘You see? I told you!’ and the friend said, ‘Man, I was wrong! She does exist! A real angel’. ‘Thank you! You see! You see! Angels exist!’ ‘They do, thank you, M’am!’.
On Valentine's Day I came across a disgruntled shop owner who was upset because his only employee had called pre-dawn to say that she would not be in for work that day. This meant that his carefully orchestrated Valentine's Day plans with his girlfriend were upended because he would need to cover the shop. He said that he needed a cookie, but he couldn’t decided between two flavors, so I suggested that he get both! Then he couldn’t decide between another flavor that called him so he bought the 4 for $10. While I packed up my bag he began to eat one and said “I feel better already”. Then he walked out to the street with me and stood in the sunlight eating his cookie. “Yes, it’s a beautiful day! Thank you, I feel all better”.
I was walking down the street carrying my cookie bags and noticed a nice looking man sitting on a wall facing me, watching me. I offered him cookies. He said “What?” and I told him about the cookies. He chose a toffee granola, gave me $5 and said to keep the change. I said ‘Why?” He said ‘Just because’. I said ‘Oaky, then you get another cookie...just because” And I gave him a cinnamon toast. He said “That’s the other one that I wanted!” I said ‘See? You manifested it”. Then he said that he had just had lunch and was sitting there thinking about having something sweet for Valentine’s Day but didn’t know what to have when he saw me coming. I said “You have been manifesting things all over the place today!” And he smiled as we parted ways.
A young woman in Pinkberry on Abbot Kinney bought a Coconut for Love Cookie on my first week out. There was great hoopla in the shop that day because all of the male employees were excited about the Chocolate for Sex Cookie. The next week when I went in, the staff was proclaiming to all of their customers that these were the best cookies on earth, and they were singing their power praises. The young woman who had bought the coconut cookie took me aside and said “I bought this cookie because I could tell when I met you that there was something special about you and these cookies. My heart has been closed for years and I haven’t known what to do about it. It hurt so bad. I bought your cookie and I ate in right before I went to the airport to pick up my brother. I prayed while I ate it that my heart would open.The minute that I saw him my eyes filled with tears and I felt things that I had never felt before. I will buy your coconut cookie forever. Thank you.’
A young woman in a shop on Main Street in Santa Monica bought one cookie from me for several weeks. She always wanted me to go over each of the powers carefully. One week she bought Butterscotch for Communication, one week she bought Coconut for Love, one week she bought Toffee Granola for Empowerment. Each time very carefully thought out and chosen. Then one week I went in and she was in tears and didn’t want a cookie. She blurted out that the coconut one hadn’t worked. She had wanted it to work for her boyfriend. I asked her if he ate it and she said "no" that she had. We both burst out laughing. She said “Oops, I ate it and I didn’t need to!” We talked about love and life and paths and growth and I gave her another Coconut for Love Cookie when I left because now the love was to be about loving herself. We have become friends from this and she buys a cookie every week, depending on how and where she is in her inner world.
I went into a beauty shop on Montana one day and a young woman was struggling with her computer. She had always waved me away with my basket but this time she said “You don’t have a cookie that can fix this, do you?” ‘No’, I said, “but you could try the Butterscotch for Communication Cookie, you never know”. She did. And her computer straightened right out. She buys cookies every week now and says that she focuses while she eats them and it’s amazing.
One day in Santa Monica I was finishing up my rounds and just about to get into my car when a woman commented on my beautiful cookie basket. I told her that what was inside the basket was just as beautiful. She peered in and said “WOW, Francie’s Magic Cookies! I’m having a terrible time in my relationship, should I buy the empowerment one or the love one?” I told her to follow her instinct. What pops up for you with no thinking? ”Confusion” she said. “Quiet your mind” I said. We stood there for about a minute in silence. “Both” she said. She bought them and walked away with an entirely different posture than when I met her.
I find that in general men buy the Chocolate for Sex Cookies for themselves and women buy the Butterscotch for Communication Cookies for their men.
Women’s favorite powers lean towards love, empowerment, intuition and communication. Men’s favorite powers lean towards sex, abundance, and enlightenment.
A rock star who wishes to remain un-named, after his girlfriend gifted him a variety of the cookies said "I can't keep all the powers straight and I don't care, these cookies are more than just cookies, they're orgasmic!"
Santa Monica, Malibu and Beverly HIlls women are figure and health conscious to the extreme. They are either dieting for weight or do vegan and raw for health reasons. When they ask me "How many calories? Do they have dairy in them? Can you make a raw version?" My answer is "These are magic, none of that counts" And there is a shrug and search for money and peering into the basket with "Oh goody" energy.
There is a bead shop on the Main Street of Santa Monica that is a mecca for creative women. Whenever I go in there great hoopla ensues. "Magic Cookies are here!" rings out and there's a scramble for purses among the employees and a "Magic Cookies? What are Magic Cookies?" among the customers. At which point half sentences blurt out in a cacophany "They're the most amazing cookies you've ever tasted! They have these special powers that, I don't know, they have powers! They're what you've been waiting for but didn't know it!" The responses range from "I only know about one kind of magic cookie and I doubt if these are those because they aren't legal!" to "I don't know I just began another diet" to "I've heard about these; I want to try one" to "I've never heard of these, I want to try one." And then one day a woman stood quietly and listened and I turned to her and tried to give her a coconut cookie, saying "One can always use a little more love". She said that she didn't want it as a gift, she wanted to pay, and this was exactly the cookie that she would buy and on her way out she slipped a card into my basket. It was the angel card for Gabrielle. On the card it said that Gabrielle's job is to help you understand and perform your life's calling. He will help you remember what you need to do to fulfill that plan and meet the people who can help you carry it out. I keep this card on my desk now as a beautiful reminder.
I sell the contents of my whole basket just about every time that I go out. People buy these cookies for many reasons. Besides the obvious I also hear things such as:"Do you really just go shop to shop and sell these? Amazing. You are very brave. I don't eat cookies but I want to support you" and "You are so lovely and this feels so honest that I have to buy a cookie even if I don't want one" and "I don't eat cookies and we're officially a no sweets household but I can tell these are wholesome and I'm so inspired by this effort". I meet people working in shops for minimun wage that used to be high mucky mucks in the film business or real estate. When we chat and I share my story with them they get teary with every milestone that I pass. They say "You're doing this for all of us, bravo!"
I have met angels and angels everywhere along this Magic Cookie road.
with love,
Francie
P.S. Dear Rockstar - My husband is dying to know who you are. Feel free to out yourself. There's no shame in falling in love with a cookie - especially if you are a Rockstar.
And if anyone else recognizes themself and would like to comment - well - just let us know.