When we stand back and look, we
can see how flow,
through synchronicity after synchronicity, has
led us down certain paths to our
calling.
The Power of Flow, p. 39
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In 1985 my wife and I decided to
move our family
from the suburbs of
Detroit to Southern California. We had one of the most expensive houses in
our area, surrounded by mostly blue-collar homes (so to speak). And it
was a depressed market. From the time we put the house up for sale for
months we didn't even have one looker. In March of 1986 I took a class in
Florida on "How to Achieve Your Goals." We had to pick a goal and work
backward as to what would have to happen in order for each goal to occur.
I chose selling the house as a goal, and put the date of sale as May 31st
of 1986.
That night I called
my wife. She said "Oh, by the way, today we had TWO realtors bring people
through the house. And one client made an offer (the offer was a low ball
offer, but we thought we would have to take it because, simply speaking,
it was the only one we had received). Then she concluded "and, they want
to move in by May 31st." Then I told my wife about my goal. We accepted
the offer.
However, the client
couldn't come up with the money, and defaulted by the beginning of May.
The very same day - actually, minutes later after we learned of the
default - we got a call from the second realtor who had come that day.
(BTW, these were the only two realtors who ever showed up). She asked "Is
your house still for sale?" We told her about the default. She said "The
people I brought by that day absolutely want your house and don't care
what they pay for it. So, name your price!" She concluded with: "The
only problem is, they are being moved to the area from Salt Lake City and
HAVE to be in the house by May 31st!" (and they were).
After we picked our
tongues up off the ground. We got down on our knees and expressed a lot
of gratitude. We have other stories, but if this isn't synchronicity, I
don't know what it is. We've been blessed many times over since then, but
only when we were in "the flow."
Dr. Gary Erkfritz,
Thousand Oaks, CA
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I was working in a job, and sitting
there one day, I realized I could walk out the door and
never look back: that was when I realized it was time or would be time
soon, but I chose to trust the natural flow as I always believed it would
lead me on the right path. So, I set my intentions of knowing what
my next job would be.
Two months after this realization and talk with the universe, a
client came in saying they were looking to hire staff at a local bank.
Well, I stood there and thought "yes," I shall apply. But my present job
had always been an obligated type of situation in which I was the only one
running a small business for my boss, who had become like a mother to me.
So I decided to apply for the job and leave it up to the universe to let
me know what to do and when. Within literally two weeks my boss came to
me and said she was selling the business to her daughter! I couldn't
believe it, I left guilt-free and still friends on October 18th 2002 and
began working for the bank on November 18th 2002. The story doesn't end
there of coincidences. . .
I could only secure a part-time position with the
bank (policy), so I went on unemployment, which would last precisely 9
months. Three months before that time was up I considered applying for
full-time positions at other branches, but something within said "no," to
be patient. Time was fast running out, but I trusted the universe. I had
in the nine months repaid a karmic debt and learned a lesson related to
money, and now I asked the universe to help me work in a profession that
would be more suited to my purpose (I had always wanted to help others).
Literally two weeks before my unemployment expired, I was on job bank and
saw an ad for a nanny position. I would not normally have looked into it
further, but there was a personal webpage dedicated to the position, so I
took a look. There I saw a picture of Kate, a 16-year-old with cerebral
palsy, and fell immediately in love with her, knowing I had to work with
her (not for her family but with her). I applied for the job, was
successful and started 4 days before my unemployment expired! To top it
off, they have a grandfather clock that stopped at 11:58am, which is my
birth time exactly -- AND Kate's mother and I share the same birthday,
which was not learned until the actual date, when we stood at looked at
each other in shock almost!
Nicola
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I had been in counseling for some
time, and with help and a guide
finally felt ready to do what I had never done before, which was to make a
choice to leave town and become a truck driver. It sounds silly now, but
it was the adventure that I was looking for -- time to be on my own and by
myself. I told my therapist that I was terrorizing myself about meeting my
trainer. I imagined being stuck on a truck for months with a big loud Rush
Limbaugh-type person. Then I said, “Why am I doing this to myself? Maybe
I will meet a wonderful spiritual person that is also an artist.” She
said, “And maybe she will be gay!” The thought of this thrilled and
terrified me at the same time. I had never told anyone but her that I
thought I was gay.
So, in spite of everyone else, I chose to go on my way and trust in
myself. I arrived in Ohio very tired from the bus ride, where the only
thing that slept all night on the fifteen-hour ride was my hands, feet and
arms. I got to my assigned room, pulling a cart that the office gave me,
and the handle flew off, sending me through a window. I burst into the
room exclaiming, “I'm your new roommate,” scaring the poor person to
death. This person was sitting there on the bed with a tablet and all
kinds of drawing material. As I unpacked, I showed her how I had left most
of my clothes behind and chose to bring all my art things instead. We
talked about our art for a while and how we loved it. She was also going
for the adventure, and just like me she lived in a trailer, had the same
motorcycle, drove the same color car. She had a Mom named Fay; my mom's
name is Ray. After I settled in she asked me if I wanted breakfast, so off
we went. At breakfast she said she had a confession to make -- that she
was gay. We also found out we worked for the same company in different
states at the same ages and left under the same circumstances. If meeting
her is not the power of flow, then I don't know what could be.
After going on this trip I have since bought my own beautiful place with
no money whatsoever. I began calling myself a true artist and found out
more of who I am. I am also starting to find out what it is I want out of
life. I believe that I am on the right path, and flow will show me all I
need to know.
Jeanne
cjeannemarion@aol.com
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My wife and I had a major decision to
make regarding a move to the New England area and we
just couldn't seem to come to a mutual decision. Finally, after a night of
arguing, we awoke in the morning, talked it out, and reached a compromise
we could both live with. We decided we would "give it a try", if we could
find a friend we could stay with until suitable housing could be found,
and we could get the money to actually move us there. We would give it two
months and if we saw it wasn't going to work out, then we would move to a
western state we both love. This was a wonderful plan.
We drove into the office that morning and my wife was going to e-mail a
friend of hers to ask if we might bunk with her for a few days while we
scouted out the area. When we arrived and my wife pulled up her e-mail,
however, there was already a message from her friend. She urged us to come
to New England . . . and told us we could stay with her till we got
settled.
About two hours later, a relative of mine telephoned to inform us that a
long-overdue check had arrived in the mail . . . and had already been
deposited in our checking account.
So, even while we were in the process of finalizing our decision, a place
was already waiting for us and the money had already been deposited into
our account. I think we were meant to go to New England.
Keith
kmartin7862@hotmail.com
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In 1998–99, I was desperate to leave a boring desk job
working for a large HMO in Houston, Texas. I was stale and
yearned for some real adventure, for life to be brought back into my soul.
I wanted to move back to Dallas, where my friends and family were, and
switch careers. My sister won a trip to Ireland a couple months later.
Perfect, I thought, I could finally get away! I considered quitting my job
and tacking on a month-long European trip prior to meeting her and other
family in Dublin, but was nervous about the expense and how it would all
work out. Plus, I had never really traveled extensively, where exactly
would I go? Would it be safe? During the course of the next
few months, I fell in love with the music of Andrea Bocelli, specifically Rhapsody (this music struck me silent and
teary-eyed in a crowded cafe at Dean and Deluca's in NYC), and with
Roberto Benini's film “Life is Beautiful.” ITALY! That's where I wanted
to go. I gradually paid off all of my debts, and my apartment lease just
happened to end exactly when I needed it to. Slowly, doubts crept in and I
thought it would be safer just to meet my family in Ireland and forego
seeing Italy just yet. I would just move my things into storage in Dallas
and upon my return from Ireland, look for a job in the software industry,
hopefully as an account manager at a global company.
The day I finally decided not to see any more than
Ireland, I stopped by Target on my way home from work. Coming out of the
store, I noticed a dark-haired young guy grinning at me. "Bella!" he
exclaimed as I passed. His friend, obviously embarrassed, told me he just
arrived from Italy and was a bit...over exuberant. Obviously, regardless
of how I felt, I was to go to Italy. Not being able to find anyone to go
with me, I traveled there alone, staying in various inexpensive hostels,
and I met fascinating people from around the world that I still keep in
touch with to this day.
I also met a wonderful guy from Dallas while in
Ireland, and we've been involved for nearly two years now. He loves
skiing, backpacking, and life and has a fresh, new outlook that I have
adopted as my own.
Even more intriguing, I landed the only job I
interviewed for in five months of searching for a career in the software
industry (recall the Millennium fears that the IT world was reckoning
with). This job affords me some freedom away from my desk, managing 20
local accounts for a global company.
Also, I am so thankful to have had the
fortuitous opportunity to buy a house earlier this year. While staying
with my sister and her husband, I met the real estate agent who lived next
door. She told me about some creative financing that I could qualify for
that required minimal out-of-pocket expense to get into the house. I
looked for just two days before walking up to a house that I somehow KNEW
would be home. My boyfriend, also being very handy and into real-estate
investing, has helped me fix up the place and has involved me in learning
to manage properties, another new area I'm currently exploring.
Life really is a beautiful rhapsody now that I've
learned to take risks, and I am thankful for the changes in my life
resulting from just listening.
Jodie Hurst
Jodie_Hurst@hotmail.com
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I worked for a large Independent Physician Organization
for over a year and during that time I became very stressed
out and increasingly negative. I had been looking for a new job almost
since the day I started, but for some reason none of the interviews panned
out. Finally, in August, I had put up with all that I could and decided to
resign. I felt somewhat better but, now was worried about my financial
situation. I constantly questioned whether or not I had done the right
thing and within several weeks fell into a deeper funk. One Sunday my
husband and I went to our favorite bookstore to get a newspaper. We
decided to look around for a book or two. I figured since I had nothing
but time on my hands I could at least read. I picked up "The Power of
Flow" and before opening it I told myself, "If anything on the first page
of this books relates to me, I have to buy it". In the first sentence
"Austin, Texas" is mentioned, which is where I live. So, I bought the
book. I started reading a little each day and by the following Thursday I
was feeling much more positive. While reading in the tub one day and
saying my new affirmations, I received two calls for interviews. Both for
jobs that I was really interested in. I interviewed for both positions and
felt extremely good. Within the next week I was offered a job, which I
turned down. It wasn't one that came to me in the flow. The following week
I was offered both of the positions I wanted and actually got to make a
choice. Everything flowed right into it for me. I have no doubts or fears
that I made the right choice. Had it not been for this book I would have
taken the first job I was offered and been just a miserable as before. I
have since purchased this book as a birthday gift for one of my dearest
friends who has also been feeling pretty lost lately. We talk on the phone
everyday about the synchronicities in our lives. We are in the process of
trying to get several other friends to start reading it, so that we can
get into the flow together.
J.H., Austin,
Texas
julzy@concentric.net
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I was
apartment-hunting in the St. Louis area. I had hoped to
find something centrally located that also had closeness to nature. As one
assistant manager was taking me around a complex, I told her that unless
there was a third-floor, woods-view apartment available, I would not be
interested. She informed me that there was nothing of that type at the
moment. I left and spent the rest of the day doing more searching. At home
that night, I got a call from her: She told me that as she was showing me
around outside, the manager was speaking with a resident who called to say
that she suddenly had to move -- and she was living in a third-floor,
woods-view apartment. When I heard this story, I did not hesitate. She
needed to leave just one week before I wanted to move in, just enough time
for renovations, etc. I did not hesitate in signing up for what to me is
obviously meant to be my home for this next span of time.
B.C.
Missouri
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I could, actually I think I will, write a book
about the amazing
coincidences that happen in my life on a daily basis. I used to ignore
them, now I live for them, pay attention to them and act on them. In the
early 1980's, I used to like to escape the college scene and drive about
10 minutes from campus to this quaint neighborhood, overlooking the bay to
have my lunch and relax a bit. I always felt drawn to that place, like I
belonged there, like I was supposed to be there, like there was something
there for me. I graduated in 1983, moved back up north and never got back
down there. It was an hour away, and I just never thought about it. In
1988, I married my high school sweetheart, who was in his own business as
a contractor. In 1989, he came home and told me about a new contract that
was in the southern part of the state, in that quaint neighborhood that I
used to escape to. It was summertime and I loved going down to meet him
for lunch and again, I felt so connected there! I distinctly remember one
particular day, I pulled into the driveway where my husband was working. I
got out of my car, stood side by side in front of the garage and we
proceeded to argue a bit. The job was over and I never went back. We were
divorced 5 years later. I met a man shortly after that and we became great
friends. Over time, I fell in love with him. One day, he invited me down
to his house for lunch. I followed his directions and found myself turning
into that old, quaint neighborhood that I loved so much. It had been so
long that I didn't recognize much about it, but the feeling was still the
same. While we were sitting on his lawn, overlooking the bay, we heard a
cat crying. We walked through a path in the woods and followed the sound
of the cat's cry. We both stopped side by side when we saw the cat up in
the rafters of the neighbor's garage. Suddenly, I realized that I was
standing in the exact same driveway, in front of the exact same garage, in
the exact same spot that I stood with my ex over 9 years before . . . only
this time I wasn't arguing and I was with the right man. Today I know he
is my soul mate. As I look back, I know that my soul was trying to find
him back when I was in college over 15 years ago! He was there all along
and I just wasn't paying attention. I am happy to say that today, I always
pay attention and life is simply awesome!
skiseasun@aol.com
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I got a job as a Systems Analyst in 1993 at a company 25 miles from
where I live. Shortly after starting, my boss and I were visiting with
some consultants who, it turns out, had recently done a software
installation for a company in my home town; I jokingly said to my boss,
"Hmmm, I didn't know that company had an AS/400!" (The type of mainframe I
work on.) He said, "Now don't go putting in your resume!" Well, I didn't.
But after a few years working with this guy, things were pretty bad and I
was desperate to get a different job. I had gone on about four interviews,
none of which thrilled me, and all of them would still require a commute.
I had told my husband off and on for a year or so, "I really should send
my resume to Hufcor" (the company in my home town that I knew had an
AS/400 computer system.) But for some reason I never did. Well, just when I
thought I couldn't stand another day at my job, I prayed for an
opportunity. My prayers were answered when a headhunter called me to fill
a Systems Analyst position at none other than Hufcor. This company is not
only in my home town, but only about one mile from my house! I landed the
job and, after about two weeks, my new boss and I were chit-chatting and I
found out he is my mom & dad's back yard neighbor! And we never knew
each other prior to his hiring me.
S.M., Janesville, WI
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For school I had to work at a company for a half
year. I really wanted to work at a company in America,
but although I sent forty letters to different companies, no company
wanted to take me. So I decided to also sign in for the companies my
school was connected with. These companies were in my own country. Because
I had not enough points to get my first choice, the company of my last
choice was the one I would go to work for. Here I met my boyfriend with
whom I feel incredibly connected. I never before have given someone the
chance to get into my heart and he just . . . It went so easily. I don't
think I will ever leave him. So if it wasn't for the rejections or the too
little points I had for my first, second and third choice, if I could do
it over again I will certainly go for the company of my fourth choice,
cause there he worked.
Diana, The Netherlands |
In 1994 I lived in LA and had just been fired,
had a huge fight with my best
friends, and then went through the famous earthquake. I was depressed. I easily got a job
with a lawyer and I quickly made a lot of money. My friends were South African and I was
reading a lot about SA and the changeover in government. I had called the embassy (SA) to
hook me up with South Africans (I was lonely for the lingo)...No problem, they clued my in
on a club...From there things just started moving and at a focused quick speed. I decided
to just go to SA for 3 months. My boss was moving to another county, I had all these savings..no current boyfriend. I kept meeting people in markets, on the street, in the
bank, in the photo store, and the weirdest was a wrong number that ended up becoming a
supportive friend. I had no fear of traveling. I had so much info from friends of where to
go and who to contact. Bought my ticket. Everything was so organized without me really
doing anything. There was no stress. It was just right. It seemed like magic. I would see
key articles in the paper on Africa and South Africa all the time. It was my most magical
time and I miss that feeling of being on this guiding beam.
laurens@btc-bci.com
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Up until a couple years
ago, I never knew anything about synchronistic events. My
neighbor at the time realized I was having questions about my life's path
and she gave me the book The Celestine Prophecy. Little did I know
it but my life had been absolutely full of synchronistic events. One
major one that changed the course of my career and led me to meet my very
best friend in the whole world, happened six years ago when I was really
depressed, working as a fairly new nurse (two years) on a very busy
surgical ward. I came home crying every night, hating nursing and wanting
to quit. I didn't know what to do because the money was so good but I
was just so miserable. Next thing I know, this new nurse starts working
on our unit. She was from Edmonton, where she worked in a very specialized
area called NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). I didn’t know it even
existed at the time, and the funny thing was that all my life I had this
real thing for babies. She told me about a course I could take here to
specialize in this field. So, with no support or encouragement from my
husband, I ventured out to pursue this, all while working full time and
paying for it myself because my husband was just concerned about money,
not focusing in on what really matters, which is your happiness. Anyway,
after completing the theory part of the course, a "fortunate" accident
happened to me at work where I got injured. I say "fortunate" because
after the theory part of the course, I had to do a three-week-long
clinical experience on the unit, during which time I wouldn't be able to
work, thereby stressing my husband out about money again. The injury
caused me to be on Workman's Compensation, and I was able to complete my
clinical while having money coming in to pay the bills!
The story goes on further because while I was doing
my clinical I met three great nurses from a smaller hospital on the other
side of the city. They told me I should come work in their nursery, but I
had my heart set on getting a position in the bigger, busier, more intense
unit that we were doing our clinical in. It turns out that I didn't get
the job there. In desperation, I called that smaller nursery, and to my
surprise these nurses had told their manager all about me, so he gave me
the job. Not to mention that a couple months later my husband and I bought
a house close to that area. If I got the job in the big city hospital, I
would have had a miserable commute. Furthermore, I met my best friend a
few months later in this little nursery.
Synchronicity is amazing and I pray it will help me
out now in this difficult time of my relationship where I feel in my heart
I have to leave and something is telling me to take a nursing assignment
in California. All the signs are pointing in this direction. I keep
hearing that song on the radio "Going to California." I've currently
separated myself from my husband but I feel guilty and bad for him as he
loves me so much, but I just feel like it's over and I have to move on. I
need the courage and strength to do so.
Feeling Lost,
rhomo72@hotmail.com
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In 2000, I was very discontented with the position
I held at my
job. As I sat at my computer at work I noticed a supervisor passing a
piece of paper to an agent. I wondered what it was and at that moment the
thought came to look in the employment section on our internal company
website. The same day I looked at the job announcements posted in the
lunchroom, yet I saw nothing to apply for. On the website there was a job
opening that was not in the packet in the lunchroom and the closing date
was the next day. I went home that night, got my resume together and
applied for the job the following day. I received a call requesting that I
come in and take the required test. The morning of the test, I decided I
wasn't going to go, because I probably wouldn't get the job because of
seniority and I was only with the company a year and a half. I decided to
do a major hair style change that day and I was half way through with the
process when the thought of the test came to mind. I said to myself, no,
I'm not going and I heard, "GO!" Immediately, I stopped what I was doing,
called and asked a friend to come over and watch my children, got dressed
and went to take the test. I did well on the test and was called for an
interview. I went for the interview and about two weeks later I started in
the new position. I always tell people I thank God for blessing me with
the position
classilove@aol.com
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