Finding A Needle In A Haystack

I’ve had other synchronicities over the years too that include things like bumping into my husband at Disneyland when we split up for the day to explore the rides. He was living in New Zealand and looked so much like my mother. He had the exact same curly black hair and gap between his two front teeth. It was disconcerting how much he seamlessly seemed to fit into our family dynamic. The second son also lived in New Zealand but was a bit slower to reconnect. I could imagine it must be daunting to have a birth mother out there that you don’t know anything about. We’d seen a photo of this guy and knew his name, but that was it. I was sitting with these girls who were from New Zealand. An interesting fact is that there are more New Zealanders that live in Australia than live in New Zealand. And there are more sheep in New Zealand than there are New Zealanders. I went on to tell her the story of the process of being reunited that my parents were currently going through. Nicola looked at me with a strange expression on her face.

Walking Down A Long, Dark Corridor

I mean, out of four million people, why would she know my brother? I had so many questions! I wanted to know everything about him, but I had to not be super creepy about it at the same time. What were the odds that in a school of at least eight hundred students, in a city of nearly five million people, that I would meet and make friends with someone who had met my brother, in another country, before I had? The Universe definitely works in mysterious ways, and I’m so glad I followed my hunch to ask Nicola the question. He took our daughter Lulu, and I spent the day with Ava and Olivia. We had no idea how this happened, considering we hadn’t the slightest clue where the other was. It was like finding a needle in a haystack. And then there was a serendipitous experience that will blow our minds forever. As entrepreneurs that work pretty tirelessly, sometimes we experience emotional burnout. We feel like we’ve poured so much energy into a launch or supporting our team, and we have days that feel uninspiring and underwhelming. Let’s go and have a fancy brunch, I said to Sean. I had a splitting headache but thought that getting out of the house would possibly do us a world of good. I was trying to make conversation but felt like it was somewhat of an effort. This is usually not a problem for Sean and me because we can speak forever and never run out of topics.

It Takes A Lot To Laugh

Today was different, and we were both obviously depleted. I’d like to go to Hawaii. You visited when you were a kid, didn’t you? What’s it like? I was trying to spark our energy by dreaming of a distant and tropical location we could visit. We should go and visit Joe and Bessy. They said they’d like to catch up if we were ever in Hawaii. I’ll text them later. We’d only met Joe and Bessy once, but we’d connected quite deeply at an event I was speaking at in Bali the previous year. They were friends, but new friends. We had exchanged texts and emails only a few times in the last twelve months, so it felt like an inspired idea to reach out and check in again. On our way home, Sean used an app that would direct us away from any of the congested Las Vegas traffic. In Vegas, especially before the pandemic began, the streets were usually crowded with people. The side street that Sean had taken only had one couple, on foot, walking toward the traffic lights to cross the road.

Seize the Day

Oh my gosh, that couple looks a bit like Joe and Bessy! I said to Sean jokingly because there was no way in the world that could actually be them since we were just talking about them in the restaurant. I think that is Joe and Bessy! How is this possible? We were only just speaking of them twenty minutes ago! We looped the car around the block to make sure it was them, and we still couldn’t tell from a distance. Our minds didn’t believe it would be possible. Sean decided to text Joe when we got home to confirm if it was indeed them and to share the eerie synchronicity. It felt like the Universe was amplifying our energy and attracting to us the people and places we were speaking about. I see events like this as a reminder that we are part of a much bigger picture at play. Just like working out a muscle in a gym, you must build your strength intuitively for it to truly serve you. Sharing creative energy and the appreciation of artistry activates intuitive energy in your heart. Alternatively, share one of your most recent vivid dreams with someone. I used to make quick decisions that were purely based on what my gut was telling me. Now I learn to gather all the pieces of information when making a decision, and I do a gut check within my heart to make sure that I’m aware of all my blind spots before making a move. It’s really easy to forget what your dreams are when you wake up in the morning. Something that I found really effective and fascinating is to keep a dream journal beside my bed just in case I had something interesting visiting me in the dream world. In my midtwenties, I would receive phrases that I knew were important to practice. By receive, I mean that it came to me in some form of a download of words. The two phrases were Rise above it and Spend your energy wisely. These two phrases are powerful to guide your energy when you might be handing it over to external influences.