When the Universe Affirms.

I worked the gate of a small event recently.  For about two and a half hours, a friend and I collected entrance money from cars, and showed them where to park. It was the last part of the day, so it was, for the most part fairly quiet.

As such, we spent much of the time chatting about quite a few things. And some of these were very exact and specific. Not politics, music, books or film. Nothing common or popular. In fact, I could give you several hundred guesses and you would be very unlikely to name these topics.

And yet on three separate occasions during the afternoon, someone leaving or arriving to the event stopped to say hello, and mentioned the very thing we had just finished talking about. I mean within minutes.

We were in a large field, with no one around us except the odd squirrel, but these people were apparently tuned into our conversation. It was completely bizarre, and yet it felt right. It felt like we were receiving confirmation from the universe that the conclusions we were drawing were correct, accurate and appropriate.

I am constantly amazed by these synchronistic moments.  They seem to be happening more and more, and in more and more unlikely ways.

I feel like I am more in tune these days, that I am more aware of these moments, and am possible looking for them.

Or, perhaps, someone or something is stalking me and setting me up. Those pesky squirrels!

The Year of Everything?

It has been a weird year, thus far, so I decided to check the Chinese calendar. It is currently the year of the snake which is supposed to be a year of wisdom, growth and creativity. And yet there seems to be so much turmoil around.

Even close to home, the University which employs me continues to undertake staff cuts and restructures. A lot of people are worried and stressed. Fortunately, my position has been declared safe, thus far, but I have seen long-term colleagues leave, both by choice and through forced redundancy.  I think that most of those who left by choice would not have done so if they hadn’t foreseen the threat of their redundancy on the ever-nearing horizon.

But it has created anxiety, stress, and moments of lower morale. That is, of course, only to be expected.  I’d like to think I’ve handled it reasonably well, but it will always have some effect on us.

I read the Chinese Horoscope a little further, and while it does indeed say that this is a year of wisdom, growth and creativity, it also states that it is a year of transformation, renewal and long-term planning. Hopefully, after that, is the time for the other aspects; reflection, strategy, resilience, intuition, growth and creativity.

Ah, the Chinese sure have all bases covered this year!