Does the Universe Talk to you? Listen!

Last week was the first day of school for my teenage twin boys. They are 15 ½, just got their driving permits and started their sophomore year in High School. I have tried to make them responsible for chores around the house, cleaning their rooms, and completing their homework, but, I admit, I have not been so good at the “making their own lunches” activity. Maybe I held onto that one to still feel loved as a mother…or maybe I was afraid that they would not eat well and get sick (a situation that probably would not have occurred, and if it did, they would have survived and learned from it) or, maybe all of their procrastination in the morning led me to try to keep them from not being late to school (another consequence that they should own themselves). Whatever my fears and acts of protection have been, I knew that today was the day for me to STOP making those lunches!

My “not wanting the first day of school to exist” sons, slowly strolled down to the kitchen with only 10 minutes left to eat breakfast and get out the door. I said to them, “okay, one more day, I will do it…it’s the first day of school”! I made a turkey sandwich for one of them and I reached into the drawer for the tin foil and I sliced my finger on the sharp edge of a box of plastic wrap in the same drawer. Then, I went into the pantry to get the peanut butter. I grabbed the Nutella, and the top came off and rolled down my pants in a trail on the way to the floor. Chocolate all over my new jeans, and no time to change!

The question came to my mind … Was this situation just a coincidence? Did it just happen? OR was the universe talking to me and saying “don’t make those sandwiches for them!?” I could have cursed under my breath and gone about my business getting them to school, but, I realized that it was time to change, let go, move forward and shift out of my old patterns.

Have you ever looked at your day or week and really concentrated on what was happening to you? Items are lost, broken or taken from you, the internet keeps going down, you can’t connect by phone, you are easily angered by other people; you repeatedly get hurt emotionally or physically. How are others treating you…your family, your friends, your co-workers? The messages from the universe are hidden in the words and actions of the people in your life, the new souls that you encounter, and the experiences you have. Ask yourself…what do I need to see in myself in order for the people around me to act differently towards me? Usually we blame the people in our lives. I know…I do it all the time, but, when I look and listen to the messages that come up for me in my life, they are not hidden anymore; in fact, I can see that they are present for a reason; to learn and grow from them. I do not like to see these conclusions about myself; yet, I smile when I discover them. I can’t believe they were actually shown to me.

Yes, it is painful to see my own faults, but, when I am able to open my eyes and become aware of the messages I am receiving, I can then do the work to change. The magical part of it all is when I shift, the people in my life shift towards me as well. That’s the power of positive energy at work. Hidden messages are blessings in disguise! Listen to them and, if you choose, take them from the hidden(the dark) to the known (the light).