Coincidences: Gifts from the Universe

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that, my friends, is the joyful journey. Let's dive in. Hey,

joyful journey errs Anita Adams, here are your hosts of the

joyful journey podcast. And today we are going to explore

coincidences. Are they random acts of chance? Or is the

universe really conspiring to grab your attention to point you

down a certain path? As I'm a seeker of magical moments and

love following the nudges, I believe there is nothing random

about a coincidence. And when the universe dishes out these

gifts, it's our job to get curious and explore why when you

pay attention to these remarkable concurrence of events

or circumstances, and allow them to move you by simply being

curious, you step into flow, and things began to align themselves

that move you closer to your goals and that grandest vision

of your life. I want to share a personal story that illustrates

how this works as I had. Well it was kind of a remarkable

concurrence of events this summer. My husband and I are out

a week into our month long kayak trip making our way to Nelson

island where we plan to camp for the night. The sun is blaring

down and we've just passed secret Cove along the Sunshine

Coast. I'm tired, hot and hungry, a lethal combination

according to my husband, who suggests and perhaps for his own

safety, that we take a break and refuel with some trail mix. I

think that's a good idea. We pull into a sheltered bay and as

we Bob in our kayaks, I try to wiggle free my bag of treats

that is wedged between the darn seat in the sidewall of my boat.

And in the process I rip a hole in the bag, peanuts, raisins,

banana chips, almonds, and most upsetting of all Smarties go

flying everywhere. I try to save as much as I can of these tasty

morsels by quickly scarfing, the falling goodies into my mouth,

which it really is a reasonable thing to do when you have a very

limited and unreplaceable supply of these treats. Unfortunately,

the inch of seawater at the bottom of my boat while they

just renders the majority of these filled this build mix on

salvageable. And soon there's colors of the rainbow that begin

to appear as the Smarties melt the bottom of my boat with my

goodie bag now sporting a big hole further evasive action is

needed. It's time to beach the boats to secure another Ziploc

from the back hatch and save what's left of my precious

treats. We land the boats and well I sought out my mess. Tom

walks up the beach to study his maps and calculate for the

umpteenth time how far we are traveling and how long it will

take to get us to our next destination. Soon I hear voices

and I turn to see Tom chatting away with a pretty blonde lady

and acute brown summer dress. Once I finished cleaning up my

boat and safely store away the remaining of my mix. I wander up

to say hello and much to my surprise discover I know this

pretty lady Adele Anderson and I had met at a conference in LA

almost two years ago. We had connected shortly after the

conference and had planned on a Zoom meeting to get to know each

other more. But then the pandemic hit and all was

forgotten. That is Intel. My bag of trail mix explodes and a

pretty lady comes down from her house to say hello to the

strangers who land on her beach. Coincidentally or not. The name

of the conference

we attended in LA was called Design Your Destiny I can't help

thinking that destiny had some designs for us when some bizarre

circumstances unfolded and brought the two of us together

again on this hot summer day. So do you think this is a random

act of chance? Or is there something much bigger at play

here? I believe in the ladder of course, and I suspect if you're

listening to this podcast you do to the idea of a coincidence

being a random act of chance wasn't enough of an explanation

for the famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung either.

Instead, he believed these events were produced by the

force of synchronicity, a concept he introduced to

describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related, yet

lack a casual connection. He also considered these meaningful

events as glimpses into what he called the wellness Mundus or

one world. One is Mundus is the theory that there is an

underlying order and structure to reality and network that

connects everything and every one. Coincidences then could be

considered a way to experience that one world connectedness. As

I said, at the beginning of this episode, I believe that a

coincidence is a gift from the universe. And it's our job to

wrap these gifts and explore their meaning. So why did I land

on Adele's beach at the time, I had no idea, but I understood it

was mine to explore. When I returned from my trip, I sent

Adele a message requesting a meeting, the intent was simply

to just get to know her more, and in getting to know her more

maybe revealed. I shared in my first episode that while on this

very same kayak trip, I got a loud and clear message that it

was time to do what I felt called to do, which is teach

people to listen to their inner wisdom and to create a retreat

and a podcast as a means to do that. While on my Zoom call with

Adele, I learned that she is an NLP trainer that's a neuro

linguistic programmer who offers retreats and hosts a podcast to

teach people how to reprogram their thinking. Hmm, so

interesting. Is this why we were meant to connect I asked myself,

I shared my goals with Adele and she then generously shared her

knowledge and connections with me. That enabled me to quickly

move forward with my vision. It turns out, Adele ended up

playing an important role in helping me launch both my

podcast and retreat by simply sharing her insights and

connecting me with the right people. I believe it's because

of Adele that I was able to move forward so quickly with my

vision, and that they both got off to such a strong start.

What's more, when I learned Adele's personal story about how

she got into being an NLP trainer. I recognize she would

make for fascinating and inspiring guests for this show.

Guess what you get to meet Adele in the next episode. As I

interview her about how to reprogram limiting self beliefs,

she really does have an intriguing story to share that

includes a plane crash and seeing her life flash before her

eyes as she goes back to a very specific point in time, that

then helps save her life and getting her out of that plane.

Make sure you tune in for that episode. What I want to leave

you with today is this idea of looking for the gifts that the

universe gives you that show up as seemingly random and

unconnected coincidences. Don't shrug them off or ignore them.

Instead, get curious. ask, Why is this person suddenly showing

up in my life? Or why is this thing happening?

If you hear about an author, for instance, and then walk by a

bookstore and see something by that same author displayed in

the window by the book, if you were thinking about an old

friend that you haven't spoken to in years, then someone else

mentioned that person the next day, call that old friend, if

you're kayaking and suddenly find yourself with an exploded

bag of trail mix, and that then forces you to land your boat on

the very beach of someone you met two years previously, make

the effort to get to know that person better. At the very least

you might discover an interesting book to reconnect

with an old friend, or develop a new friendship, or it might lead

you to something truly remarkable. And you'll think,

Wow, I'm so glad I bought that book. It's changed the way I see

the world. Holy. My heart is so full from reconnecting with that

old friend. She's exactly who I need in my life right now. Wow,

I am so grateful. I took the time to get to know that pretty

lady whose beach I landed on, she's helped me move my vision

forward so much faster than I ever thought possible. Curiosity

is truly a beautiful thing. So my joyful journey are get

curious with all those seemingly random acts of coincidences.

You'll never know what the gift is until you take the time to

unwrap it. And the more you start paying attention to these

things, the more magic you'll make happen to do you have any

fun or interesting stories about a strange coincidence that

happened to you? If so, send it to me by email at a Anita at

joyful inspired living.com I'd love to read about your story,

and I might even share it on a future episode. Alright by

joyful journey or have an awesome day. And don't forget

the next episode is with Adele Anderson, who will be joining us

to share her wisdom on how to reprogram limiting self beliefs.

We'll catch you next time. Thank you for joining us today on the

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