Experiencing Everyday Magic

I have been seeing signs and symbols for awhile now, but it’s really starting to become a little more direct. Usually, the signs come in the form of numbers – 111, 222, 333, 444 and so on. Sometimes, it’s Albert Einstein quotes. (Yeah, I know. I’m a total weirdo. You can read more about how Albert Einstein is haunting my life here.) Sometimes, it’s just the place I am in and the feeling I get while I am there, and the people that I happen to meet in that circumstance. Things just have a way of moving in circles.

What occurred to me this morning was a mixture of them all, really. Last Thursday, I taught a yoga class. Through conversation before class, I found out that one of the students has been dealing with stage four cancer since 2003. I only found out through my speaking of my tumor and how yoga supported me while recovering. It was sort of a strange moment for me because I have been saying this entire year as I prepared to graduate from my yoga teacher training program, that I wanted to help others who have been going through these things, as well. Trauma, sickness, pain, depression, loss and grief. Listening to him speak about his experience was so inspiring and it brought back the words my sweet friend Debbie said to me when I first started my YTT – “You will attract your tribe, your people, whom you are meant to serve.”

At the end of the class, he told a joke. “What does the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything.” I thought that it was such a cute joke, and it has stuck with me ever since. I have been telling it to almost everyone. This morning, I was reading Be Love Now by Ram Das. I’m reading and reading, enjoying my coffee and cuddles with Cricket cat, watching the sun rise. And then, I turn the page, and I see the joke! Written out on page 81, clear as day. I literally could not believe my eyes. How? What are the chances that the very same joke that was told to me in my yoga class, told by a student that had such an impact on me, is written here in the very book that I am reading, one in fact, that is all about connecting with your soul, other’s souls, and following the path of the heart.

It got me thinking about everyday magic, those signs and those things that just sort of happen. There is something to this. There really is no coincidence. Everything is so connected, interwoven, intertwined. Every person we meet, every word we speak, every thought we have is a part of something way bigger than we realize. Was this quote manifested by me, or for me? The fact that this sweet little joke has become a symbol for me, makes me smile. I think it’s Spirit’s way of reminding me to not take life so seriously, that humor is part of life. And of course, that we are all one with everything.

Love & light, Jen