An amazing, uplifting story of coincidence I HAVE to share with you:

[Shine]

I just posted this in the lounge and thought I'd share it with y'all here, too:

I am a Volunteer Visitor with Hospice and this week I went to have my very first visit with a new client I had just been assigned. She's 86, very independent, lives alone and is ambulatory with a walker. Within the first five minutes of arriving, she announced one of her hearing aids was on the blink and she wasn't sure how to handle it. It was distressing her. She knew she needed to get into the local hearing aid center, but wasn't sure how. I offered to drive her down b/c I had two hours of time to give and hell, that's the sort of thing I can offer, as a volunteer. It's what we do.

So, off we went, and as we're driving the 20 minutes down the hill towards the center, she tells me all about her family, her children, her former husbands, etc. At one point, she mentions her son, who lives far away in another state and how he has a business creating furniture from living trees.

I told her that I had actually met somebody many many years ago who did the same thing. We'd struck up a conversation as we were both in a huge atrium room at a local club. I'd had my young kids with me at the time and we'd started chatting about the incredibly large and beautiful plants the atrium was filled with. He'd told me what he did and had given me his card. The whole interaction had been under five minutes.

I had kept the card in my little booklet of peoples' business cards for the longest time and had only recently taken it out, thinking, "WHY am I still holding onto this card, after all these years?" I had thrown it away to make room for another card, but strangely, with some hesitation.

Flash forward to the car ride down with the new Hospice client: She listens to me tell her about having met somebody who also does what her son does and she pulls out his business card to give me. IT WAS THE SAME CARD!! Her son was the SAME guy I had met, many many years ago....loooong before I'd ever gotten involved with Hospice, or even considered it.

I was totally blown away by the synchronicity of it all. What were the chances of this happening?? Plus, the guy lives several states away! He must've just been visiting his mom at the time I met him.

Here's the most beautiful part: the image on the card (and probably why I had been so drawn to it in the first place) was of a living chair, rooted firmly in the earth. It was made of all these inter-connected roots, wound together. What a perfect metaphor for our Life: A place of Connection, Strength, Sustainance, Comfort, Support.

To me, this experience was such a gift and a heart-opening reminder of the inter-connectedness we ALL share. It was seemingly so random, and yet, it wasn't. We are surrounded by Mystery and Magic...Life is a gift. We are, indeed, blessed.

And I am so happy to share this uplifting reminder of those Truths with you this day.
:grouphug:


With Love and Light,
Shine
:hi:

[thinkingwoman]

1. Such moments are very special

Those little synchronicity events really demonstrate how we are all connected to each other and the universe.

Thank you for sharing this story. You made me smile. :hi:

[Shine]

6. Hi, thinkingwoman!

Glad you liked the story. I felt compelled to share it.

:hi:
Shine

PS. I like your username. :thumbsup:

[FreedomAngel82]

2. That's so sweet

I'm a firm believer that everything happens for some purpose. I don't believe in coincidences so maybe this happened for some reason. :) It seems you did feel drawn to the person in some way: maybe it was because of what you do now. :) Thanks for sharing the sweet story. :)

[Shine]

7. Hi FreedomAngel!

I think the "reason" this happened was to remind me of the Universal Truth we are all ONE. I'm glad you liked the story.

:hi:
Shine

[DemExpat]

3. Thanks for sharing your lovely story of synchronicity.

They give me a thrill like nothing else can!

:hug:

DemEx

[Shine]

8. Yes, stories like these are meant to be shared, in my opinion.

I find them immensely comforting, don't you?

:hug:
Shine

[Delphinus]

4. Big smile here

from your sharing. Thank you. I love synchronicity!

[Shine]

9. Glad you liked the story, Delphinus!

I felt so happy sharing it.

:hug:
Shine

[NJCher]

5. Hey shine

Maybe you're supposed to order one of those chairs!

I love synchronicities and have studied them for years. I have some good book titles to recommend if you're interested.

One thing I am convinced of is that synchronicities tend to occur when we're following our life blueprint. The closer we are on the blueprint, the more the synchronicities occur.




Cher

[Shine]

10. Hi, NJCher! I'm glad you liked the story. I thought it was pretty cool.

For me, the gift of this experience has already been received. I don't know if I necessarily need to buy an actual chair. I'm touched more by the metaphoric, symbolic interpretation of it.

I believe the Universe is "speaking" to us all the time, if we are willing to listen. This story simply confirms the Universal truth that we are all ONE, connected, as roots of a tree. And I find that immensely comforting and uplifting.

I'd certainly be interested to hear of those book titles you were mentioning. Thanks for the offer. Feel free to PM me.

Blessings to you,
Shine
:hug:

[onecent]

11. That was a beautiful story...I loved it. I'm 60 years old and lately

when I have dreams I find that I dream about loved ones (my daughter especially)- but she is always young --- elementary age....and such...then things begin to blend...and she becomes the friend I lost in 1983, then in the dream she becomes my mother.....I cannot separate them when I am in a waking state...IT'S A smoooooth kind feeling...I just don't know what to make of it...

But I truly believe there is inter-connectedness we ALL share.
I believe what we sense here on earth...is UNLIKE anything we will experience later. I don't believe our minds CAN EVEN CONCEIVE what it is we will experience. And I believe it will be beautiful. And powerful. And beyond OUR WILDEST IMAGINATIONS.

[Quakerfriend]

12. That's amazing, Shine! Stories of synchronicity are so moving!!

It is really amazing how these types of stories thrill the human spirit!

I've got one for you too. Several months ago I posted something or other and another DUer responded and casually mentioned that she was from the same part of PA as I was. So we started 'chatting' and it turns out that she knows all of my aunts and uncles and cousins. She and I discovered that we had even been at some of the same parties over the years! By coincidence she had even been to my mother's house!

Then,(and this is where it gets really weird!!), we discovered that she lives in the exact same apartment that I once lived in 17 yrs ago!! This is on an old estate that was once a farm. There are only a couple of apartments and they never advertise.

Freaky stuff, eh??:P