Signs, Signs

Remember that old song?  Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? by Five Man Electrical Band. 

But do you ever have things "presented" to you, and you see it as a sign?  It's one of those things you have to watch for, pay attention, keep in your present mind.  And when a sign comes, its screams "pay attention".  Sometimes I do, and sometimes I think I know better and don't.   Maybe it's not a literal sign like a billboard, but its a sign, just the same.   Let me tell you about this one:

I've been friends with a man for eight years now.  We talk every day, he's my best friend, understands me (well, as much as he can understand a woman, mind you!) and I understand him (again, as best I can, as men are elusive creatures!).  It's enough to say that we're close.   Last week on Amazon, I found a book I've been looking for listed in Large Print, hard cover.  I first read "Forever and the Night" way back in the 90's, and have remembered the characters all this time.  Uttering the phrase "just do it", I ordered the book; it shipped from somewhere back east and arrived on Friday.  I spent yesterday and today reading the book, enjoying every minute of being immersed in the story line... but I digress.  I finished the book not 15 minutes ago, and turned the last page.  And there I discovered the original library stamp:   

Flathead County Library, Kalispell, MT

This significance, and the sign?  It's where my best friend lived, and spent many hours in this library.  What are the odds that I order a book from the conglomerate Amazon and get a book from his own library?  I am certain he's never read this particular book, it being of a romance nature.  But still, the odds are pretty fantastic that it would happen this way, don't you think? 

In my current state of mind, I find this totally significant -- 

and did you ever notice how the word significant starts with the word sign  ???

Another example of the synchronicity that encompasses our lives if we watch for the signs. 

Synchronicity..... Got it?

Every now and then, something happens simultaneously with someone you know; when you discover it at a later point, do do do do do -- (you can hear the Twilight Zone theme playing).

This past week has been a rough one for me in a few different ways (I won't bore you with details....), but something came up that brought up old memories for me, and caused a slight tiff with my best friend I call Prof. After three days of sorting through a few things, and of course, trying to get through the other stresses going on as well, things were ironed out tonight. (Yay!)

Sometimes, I like to use a website to toss some i-Ching coins, get a few words of wisdom, maybe a good quote. The one I got tonight was :

"The big river is much stronger than you. That force needs to be respected humbly in order to cross the river safely. Associating with someone. Things go well. There is no mistake. Be well on time, if you're late things don't go well. If you cast an oracle about the nature of this association on its first day, you will know what always will be the situation with this."

Now what that means? Not sure that I have a clue ... but I liked it as a whole, especially the first sentence. It can be pondered and applied to different areas of life, I'm sure!

So here's the synchronicity that we've had between us for a long time: at the same time that I'm off tossing coins, he's looking at a book called: "The Mandate of Heaven: Hidden History in the I Ching". When I told him the quote I got, he said here's the irony... and told me about this book.

I replied... "That's not irony... that's synchronicity!"