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There’s an I in Coincidence…

Two actually. Three, if you count me.

I experience some very odd coincidences from time to time; things that are too coincidental to be coincidence, yet that is what they appear to be.

I’ve mentioned my quiz show experience on the blog before. But a lot of time has passed, so I’ll recap it quickly again.

I was watching a quiz show on TV, and the question master asked ‘Of what is ‘brontophobia’ the fear?’. At that point a loud clattering came from above, which sounded as though the chimney wall was falling down. I swiftly paused the programme and ran outside, expecting to see the rest of the building falling down behind me. Of course, I was mistaken, and everything was intact, as perfect as it always had been. The sky overhead was dark, brooding, with thick and low heavy clouds just waiting to burst.

‘Must have been thunder…’ I thought as I walked back in, and restarted the quiz show. Three answers were provided on screen: dinosaurs, chest infections or thunder. And the correct answer was thunder.

I’ve mentioned my rainbow on the blog before as well. But, let’s have another recap (imagine going all wobbly, like they do on TV when they have a flashback).

Several years ago, I wanted another job. I asked the Universe for help, and went to a few interviews. I don’t interview very well, so asked for a sign from the Universe that I would have work, after one interview, in the form of a rainbow. An interview came and went. It felt good. I left the office feeling good, and walked around the corner to be greeted by one of the biggest and brightest rainbows I have ever seen in my life. The complete arc was on display before me. It took me back, I don’t mind admitting. The Universe doesn’t do things by halves. And I got the job. I still have it.

Another coincidence; perhaps one conjured by me this time.

Enough of the flashbacks now. I’ve experienced another coincidence today. Maybe not as staggering or mind blowing as the others, although maybe more so.

As you may or may not be aware, I’m currently experiencing time issues.Time issues of the sort where it keeps hiding from me. It just keeps running away and I can’t seem to catch it. I can’t (well almost can’t!) keep up, although I am managing in some areas, so it’s OK, of a fashion. Wednesday is the day pesky old time really plays up, and I find it really hard to grab hold to a piece of spare time as it flies passed me at a rate of knots.

I was given the idea of buying a ready meal for Wednesday, to save with having to think about food as well as doing everything else I do on Wednesday. So, on Saturday I was meandering around Sainsbury’s (other supermarkets are available) when a ready meal’s packaging caught my eye. I grabbed it off the shelf, and thought I’d try that. Chicken Pad Thai… something I think I may have seen in the corner of my eye, but never tried, before. Not knowing what Pad Thai really was, I did a quick Google search and got my answers. Sounded good. I also bought a Lamb Rogan Josh, as I really like that as well, and thought I’d decide what to have on Wednesday.

Well, it appears the Universe has made my mind up for me. In the form of a Google Doodle.

Today’s (Tuesday 7th November 2017) Google Doodle, bear in mind they usually focus on famous historical people, events, or holidays, is in celebration of Pad Thai. Clicking through at the end of the little moving display gives the search ‘what is Pad Thai’?’… the very phrase I used for my search at the weekend.

I thought at first, when I first saw it, ‘Noooo…..!’, and then I randomly thought that Google had created a quick doodle for my search, and they must have done it for other searches around the world as well. It struck me how ridiculous that idea was, thinking about the number of searches they must process in a day, so I did a little further digging and found that the doodle appears not in every country, but quite a few.

So. Coincidence?

You couldn’t make it up. If tomorrow’s doodle is for Lamb Rogan Josh, I’m really going to have to start wearing my thinking cap again, and REALLY get some amazing coincidences created!

(The images in this post are all screenshots from today’s Google Doodle)

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From Across the Miles

At the beginning of September this year, I received a very nice surprise. Totally out of the blue, and completely unexpected.

Every month, Raili from SoulGifts in Australia, chooses one of her followers to be the recipient of one of her Soul Gifts, and in September she chose me. I didn’t receive the gift until the beginning of October, and decided to wait until November to post about it so that this post didn’t get lost within all the Halloweeny madness that went on last month. And the gift that Raili sent to me was not only a gift to my soul, but one for my sight, sound and smell senses as well! Fabulous!

The first thing I noticed was the relaxing scent that greeted me as soon as I opened the parcel. Raili had wrapped her gift in several sheets of different coloured tissue paper, enhancing each layer with a blend of essential oils to match the individual energy vibration that each layer represented. Upon each layer, Raili had written the names of each blend:

Transformation / Abundance

Sacred Mountain

Joy

Awaken / Balance

Inspiration

Grounding

Clarity

Raili also included a letter and a poem, ‘Birth’, as well as the framed picture. I didn’t remember reading the poem on her blog, but in finding it to link to for this post, I received another surprise. The post had appeared on my birthday. You have to love synchronicity and coincidences. I do… and I experience rather a lot of them!

Could it just be a coincidence that this past weekend’s One Word Sunday theme was ‘Orange’ and the top layer of tissue paper is orange? The Universe moves in mysterious ways indeed!

Now, the picture that Raili created was another surprise. As I was looking at each section in turn, I suddenly realised that I wasn’t looking at one picture, but four of them. Raili had created four ATCs and framed them. I’ve recently started creating ATCs (Artists Trading Cards) myself, so this made the gift even more special, even more personal, if you like.

Each image that Raili created seemed to ‘speak’ to me, as I thought of two words to represent each image

CREATION

ENCHANTMENT

EXPANSION

MAGIC

ILLUMINATION

STARCHILD

COMPLETION /  The WHOLE

 

Raili told me that this gift had been a labour of birthing which included many weeks of staged and guided steps. So, I’d like to finish this post with one more step, inspired by Raili’s Soul Gift:

Birth of a Starchild

Across all miles
Across all time
Await for the joy to awaken
Through grounding
Through clarity
Appears inspiration
From Sacred Mountain to nursery of stars
There begins transformation
And then balance
And then abundance
Of the magic of creation

Enchantment follows a path of expansion
Where everything slots together
New ideas meet forgotten memories
Burdens become light as a feather
Illumination of all things good
Glows brighter than the Sun
And in that moment, that spark of light,
The creative process has begun

A Starchild
An Idea
A Gift from the Soul
Marks completion of one cycle
But not on the whole
Ideas flow forever more
So grab them with open arms
And through gratitude
And sharing light
Experience never ending charms

Once again, Raili, thank you.

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Tuning Fork

Vibrate correctly
Balanced with the Universe
And go with the flow

Aligned and at one
The Universe feels your heart
And reflects in kind

Just feel the magic
Know you are one with it all
And Feel Good in awe!

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Feel Good Friday!

Time for a new feature, I feel.

I have a fun connection with the Universe, I really do! I love how things are delivered to me in such amazing ways that if they were written down they would seem far-fetched at least, impossible at most. Even the things that recently spiralled out of control come under this connection – everything that is coming into my life is ‘helped along’ to me by the Universe. I bring them in as well, of course, and being in the right place at the right time also helps. How often are we in the right place at the right time? More often than we give credit to, when you think about it.

First, though, something to set the scene. In between my normal life bits and bobs, I’ll pop the TV on and catch a quick few minutes of a programme I recorded for a later time. A few minutes here and there helps to keep things moving along nicely. My recent recording for these ‘snippets’ is of the singing competition The Voice UK, and I’d already watched the first singer of this particular episode.

So now that we are where we are, time for a little background story regarding this very post. I’m trying to write posts at present to schedule and post early the next day, rather than writing and posting there and then, to slow things down a little and provide myself a little more time. For this post, I hit the stumbling block for ideas that has been hampering me recently. This post, Friday’s post, was going to be left until Friday evening to write as nothing was coming to me. This didn’t matter, however, as it would still be posted on Friday, and Thursday’s post had already been published so I didn’t need to worry about that. Thursday’s post was about the Butterfly Effect. Now that is important and you will see why shortly.

OK. Post postponed. I decided to catch my next song on The Voice, a chap singing ‘Hold on Tight’ by Greg Holden. A good version, I must say, but Greg’s original grabbed my attention when I first heard it, and I’ve posted it a couple of times on my blog since then. What goes around comes around. I realised the Universe was telling me to write a post featuring this song… the other participants on the show were commenting on the fact that they didn’t know it, and I was telling them that I did! I knew it! Inspiration had struck.

So, I came to write the post, and looked for the original that featured the video so I could link to it. The first comment from Prenin on that original post caused my mouth to drop open.

Please, follow this link to the original post, listen to the song, and look at Prenin’s comment. Bear in mind I didn’t know what I would be writing about for Thursday’s post until Wednesday.

The Universe is full of surprises. I know it. I’m very often in the right place at the right time, yet I’m always surprised when the Universe delivers.

It is now 23:00 on 09/03/17, I’m adding a few images, and will then be scheduling this to be posted at 00:30 on 10/03/17.

What goes around comes around. Feel Good now!

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A Christmas Thought

He looked out over the world, into the hearts and souls of every living creature upon it. Some don’t celebrate Christmas. It doesn’t matter, he responded.

He looked into the eyes of each living being, some saddened, or bleary, some expectant and full of hope, or deliriously happy. Some, filled with greed and rage and jealousy. They don’t deserve anything. I disagree, he said in return.

He looked into the mind of the hungry owl and the petrified dormouse. Survival of the fittest. He said nothing in return, and just thought.

Survival of the fittest. It’s like that in every walk of life, in every species. Always has been. Can’t change it. It’s the natural way.

He looked out over the world, into the hearts and souls of every living creature upon it. There’s one thing that may help, he said. Looking into every soul longing for the chance to exist in a world full of joy, instead of trying to be one of the fittest who survive whatever comes along. It’s just an idea.

What is it?

That’s it. Just an idea. A single thought that will allow the individual to find greatness in whatever they do, or be, or have. One single thought that triggers the inspiration of greatness; of change; of peace; of freedom; of harmony; or one that triggers the inspiration for togetherness; companionship; agreement.

That should work for all. Not in a competitive way, but for the good of all. Not fuelled by greed, but fuelled by love and hope.

Will it work? It may do. That’s down to the individual and how they interpret the idea. The thoughts are out there, waiting to be tapped into. Waiting to reach the souls that are searching for them.

I’m adding power to this thought. Sending the vibes out there. With the right ideas, and the right mind-set, we can make this place absolutely fantastic.

I’ve added a button below, should you wish to press it, which will add your power to the process too!