Waking Up to Signs and Synchronicities

In my book, Remembering the Light: An Awakening Journey Through Grief, Signs and Sacred Remembering, I talk about waking up to signs and synchronicities in all aspects of our lives. It is a remembering. A returning. A quiet realization that life may be far more connected, loving, and mysterious than we have been taught to believe.

On some deep, innate level, I think we already know this.

Before we were born, we were held by something greater. Call it Source, Spirit, Divine Love, God, Universal Consciousness—whatever language resonates with your heart. We have always been supported, guided, and loved.

As children, we seem to remember this naturally.

Children often move through the world with a beautiful openness. They speak to "imaginary" friends without questioning whether they are real. They notice things adults overlook. They sense energies and emotions. They color a cat pink or Daddy blue, not because they are confused, but perhaps because they are seeing something beyond form—energy, feeling, consciousness. They experience life without the heavy filters and logic that we tend to develop as adults.

Then life happens.

We learn rules. We learn to explain things away. We become busy. Practical. Distracted.

And sometimes we forget.

Yet life has a curious way of helping us remember.

Often, our awakenings arrive through what I call catalyst moments—an illness, an injury, grief, heartbreak, loss, or an unexpected life transition. Moments when the path we were walking no longer works. Moments when we can no longer move through life the way we always have.

These experiences can crack us open.

Not to break us, but perhaps to awaken us.

And suddenly, we begin noticing things we might once have dismissed.

A butterfly appears at the exact moment you are thinking about someone you miss.

A cardinal lands nearby and catches your attention.

A meaningful song comes on the radio at just the right time.

You glance at the clock and repeatedly see the same numbers.

A stranger says exactly what your heart needed to hear.

Every one of us has had moments that made us pause. Small awarenesses. Gentle nudges. Experiences we quietly question.

But what if we stopped overthinking?

What if we stopped dismissing?

What if we allowed these sweet moments—the signs, synchronicities, and little whispers—to simply be gifts?

Not something we have to prove.

Not something we have to understand.

Just something we can receive.

What if these moments existed for one simple reason—to help us stop, breathe, and smile?

To remind us that love still exists beyond what our eyes can see.

To remind us that support often arrives in unexpected ways.

To remind us that we are held.

And perhaps, most importantly, to help us remember that we are never, ever alone.