11/18/23-Synchronicity

Jana Stanfield is one of my favorite musicians.  I had the privilege of hearing her sing at Unity of Dallas in 1997.  (Still one of my best nights ever, Robin.  I am grateful for you!)  During that concert, Jana said,

"Coincidence is God remaining anonymous.  Serendipity is God signing His name.  Synchronicity is God showing off."

I experienced synchronicity this morning.

I started the morning off with my weekly phone call to my NVC Empathy Buddy.  She and I attend weekly Compassionate Communication practice groups, and in September, we attended 2 MYL workshops in Austin.  Our weekly phone call keeps us grounded in this practice we both so strongly believe in.  I recommend this training to anyone who might be interested, but I digress and that is another post, for another time.

I also want to keep my promise to share with you the incredible weekend I had when I met my family at the beginning of this month, but today the theme of synchronicity is shouting the loudest to be heard.

So, back to the phone call with my empathy buddy... I shared with her that since some of the major projects at work are coming to an end, I want to begin focusing on the vision I have for my dreams, my goals - me personally, not work, not family, not friends - me.  BUT, I have no clue how to go about doing that.

My vision is to share my story, and use the gifts I have been given to help others heal, transcend, and grow spiritually.  There is a sense of urgency from Spirit to get there quickly, but I don't know how.  I don't know how to get there and I don't know exactly where "there" is.  What I do know, truly know at the depths of my being, is that if I stay connected and in alignment with Spirit and the Oneness of the Universe, all will fall in place, as it should be, in the correct time.  Still, I wanted a game plan.

We completed our standard conference and hung up. (I am grateful for you, Connie!)  After that I began my morning routine with my usual reading of the Daily Word before my meditation.  As I read the passage for the day, I froze.  I was floored.  Here is an excerpt:

"I am free to be and do all I have been created for.  I choose positive habits and attitudes that support my well-being and bring my talents to the world.  My God-given freedom is intrinsic to who I am.  Right now, I claim my freedom, making my life all I want it to be."

Coincidence?  Maybe.

Next was a phone call with one of my spiritual guides.  With that came great clarity around my action steps, which not surprisingly mostly revolve around the willingness to sit quietly in solitude, connect, listen and write.  That's an over simplification but hopefully you get the drift.

I realized that I have been running from that, sometimes unknowingly, with various distractions.  I became willing to move into the fear and allow the fear.  It will be a process, but right now, I look forward to staying in those moments and seeing what comes up.

Serendipity?  Probably.

After we hung up, I created the sign that is at at the top of this post. (Words cannot express my gratitude for you, Aliza!)

With her permission, I logged on to FB to post the sign.  That's when I realized I was in a synchronous unfolding of events.  The first thing I saw as the page finished loading was this:

Synchronicity?  Definitely.

God/Spirit/the Universe was definitely showing off.  And since there is no separation, that means we co-created that series of events.  I am grateful for YOU!

We are One.  Namaste.

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11/19/13 POSTCRIPT

Spirit woke me up before my alarm this morning.  After making coffee, writing my gratitude list, perusing FB, sending an email, making my To Do list for the day, petting the animals and just about anything else I could think of to procrastinate, I finally started writing.

I started with, "Spirit, why did you wake me up this morning?"

In sitting with that for just a brief moment, I realized that in addition to waking up with all the ruminations already processing in my mind of the shoulda/woulda/coulda variety, I had also been singing the same phrase over and over all morning, “Amazing.  Amazing.  You’ll do amazing things."

It was sung at church a few weeks ago by the amazing Rev. David Howard, but it’s not one I’ve ever even hummed before. I didn't even know the name of it or any of the other words.  So I looked the song up in iTunes, bought it, listened to it with open arms and an open heart, and am once again overwhelmed by Spirit’s love, sense of humor, and synchronicity.

I hope this song touches your heart as deeply as it did mine:

"Amazing Things" by Megon McDonough and Jana Stanfield.

BTW, that's the same musician I mentioned at the beginning of this post yesterday.  I had no idea.  See what I mean about Spirit's humor?  ;)

Have a blessed day!