Dear Reader,
Have you ever experienced a moment that was just too perfect to be a coincidence?
Maybe someone called you right when you were thinking about them. Or you ran into exactly the right person at the right time. Or you needed something and it showed up before you even had to ask twice.
Most of us notice these moments, smile, maybe call it a coincidence, and move on.
But what if those moments are actually the universe showing you its hand? What if the good you've been working so hard to create has actually been working its way toward you all along?
This past weekend, something happened that reminded me of this. Twice, actually. And both times, the lesson was the same.
Life is working for you. You don't always have to work so hard for it.
Now let's get ALIGNED...
Inspirational Quote
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
- Albert Einstein
The Story
This past weekend I was at a spiritual retreat in Palm Springs.
On the last morning, I walked over to the coffee station to get my cup for the day. They had regular sugar, Splenda, and Equal. But I was looking for stevia and it wasn't there.
Another participant happened to walk up to the coffee area at that exact moment and asked what I was looking for. I said, stevia. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a packet. "I have some right here," she said, and handed it to me.
I laughed and said, "Ask and you shall receive."
It was a small moment. But I knew it was a wink from the universe.
Then, right after the retreat ended on Sunday, my husband Richard and I decided to have lunch in Palm Springs before driving back to Los Angeles. I pulled up Google Maps, picked a place, and we drove over. But we couldn't find parking nearby, so we ended up a couple of blocks away.
As we walked, I said to Richard, "Maybe we'll find somewhere better along the way."
We passed an outdoor restaurant that looked inviting, so we walked up to the host stand. And then, from across the restaurant, someone started waving at us.
It was a friend of ours. Someone we had no idea was even in Palm Springs, let alone spending a couple of months there for work.
We were seated right next to his table. And what unfolded was one of those conversations you didn't know you needed until you were already in the middle of it. At one point he shared something with me, a perspective, a piece of advice, that I had quietly been looking for. I hadn't told him that. He didn't know he was the one who would give it to me.
But the universe apparently did.
None of it was planned. The wrong parking spot. The detour. The glance at a restaurant we had never been to. And suddenly, there was our friend, waving from across the room, carrying exactly what I needed.
That's synchronicity. And it was the universe doing what it always does, working quietly on our behalf, even when we're not paying attention.
The Spiritual Lesson
Synchronicity isn't random. It's the universe speaking in a language most of us were never taught to hear.
When this person pulled a packet of stevia out of her pocket, it almost felt comically absurd. And when we ran into our friend who we didn't know would be in Palm Springs, it felt like the universe was flashing "I'm right here" signs all around us.
But here's the thing. This is how the universe always works. We just don't always notice it.
We get so busy pushing, planning, and trying to figure everything out on our own that we move right past the signs. We call it coincidence and keep going. Or we're so focused on where we're trying to get that we miss what's already showing up along the way.
Both of my Palm Springs moments required almost nothing from me. I named what I needed. I followed a small nudge. I stayed open. And the universe filled in the rest.
That's not luck. And it's not coincidence.
It's what happens when you stop trying to force life and start trusting that life is already working for you.
And when you lean into the idea that this universe supports you in all ways, you open to life as everyday magic, unfolding right before your eyes.
Your Call to Action
This week, I'd like to invite you to try something simple.
Instead of pushing so hard to make things happen, try naming what you need and then staying open to how it arrives. It may not come in the form you expected. It might come through a stranger at a coffee station, or a wrong parking spot, or a friend waving from across a restaurant.
Just notice. Pay attention to the moments that feel a little too perfect to be coincidence. And instead of brushing them off, let yourself receive them as what they actually are.
The universe is always talking. Sometimes all we have to do is listen.
And the more we acknowledge and welcome life's synchronicities, the more the universe gives us.
May you move through this week a little more open, a little more trusting, and a little more awake to the everyday magic that is already unfolding all around you.
Abundant Blessings and Namaste.
Abundant Good News and Notes
Working with a Spiritual Life Coach: If something in this issue resonated and you find yourself wanting to live with more trust, more ease, and more openness to what the universe is already sending your way, I'd love to support you in that. Coaching is one of the most direct ways to shift out of the old patterns of pushing and forcing, and into a way of living that feels more aligned and grounded. If you're curious about what that could look like for you, just hit reply and let's start a conversation.
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Abundant Blessings,
Joselito Laudencia
Spiritual Life Coach, Teacher, Speaker
Author, The Creative Impulse: Answering the Highest Calling of Your Heart
www.abundantgood.com
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