Guided by Signs and Symbols

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Being Guided by Signs and Symbols© 2005 by Corinne McLaughlin

My father was recently rushed to a hospital emergency room, and in my efforts to help him and my family, I found myself in an unusual state of mind. I seemed to be continually guided by ordinary signs in the environment all around me and by the conversations of complete strangers. The synchronicity of the timing was profound. Even when I turned on the TV set, it turned out to be a show about reading signs in the environment, just as was happening to me. It was like being in a Celestine Prophecy novel where every coincidence is extremely meaningful. The usual blinders of daily life were suddenly ripped off and I could see how I was being constantly guided.

As I drove around the city, certain messages on billboards, bumper stickers and license plates suddenly jumped out at me and seemed to relate exactly to the issues I was grappling with.  Even a pedestrian crossing the street in front of me carried a message on a shopping bag that seemed to be meant for me. It read “Cancunâ€â€”and was just days after the recent hurricane caused such a disaster and stranded so many people. It seemed to say that the course of action I was about to take would be disastrous. And I took it to mean that big changes are coming in the world—get ready.

Angels seemed to be guiding me each step of the way, especially on a crucial day when I was visiting my father in the hospital.  Just as I entered the parking lot, reflecting on my dad’s life hanging in the balance, a man walked right in front of me and blessed himself by making the sign of the cross.

Uncannily, I would also hear messages that seemed to be meant for me in casual conversations at nearby tables in restaurants and from passersby talking to their friends as I walked past them.  For example, three people sitting at a table in a restaurant next to me were talking loudly about a family health crisis and how to solve it—and the specific issues and even the family names were almost identical to my own family.

It was so eerie that I finally went over to their table to see what was going on.  The first thing a very sweet, older lady said to me was, “Oh, did you hear our conversation?  Why don’t you sit down and join us--we’re all family here.â€Â  That really unnerved me, so I just said a few words and quickly left.  Later I thought, Either this was a most unusual coincidence—or was it some angel in ordinary human form trying to help me by explaining what was going on with each person in my family?  I thought about all the popular books published lately with stories about ordinary people being helped by angels.

On the other hand, I also considered that I could possibly just be going off the deep end!

My father is doing much better now as I write this, but the whole experience made me wonder, how many helpful messages are out there for each of us that we usually miss because we’re not paying attention???

 

Corinne McLaughlin is executive director of The Center for Visionary Leadership and co-author of Spiritual Politics and Builders of the Dawn. She can be reached at corinnemc@...;  www.visionarylead.org or  (415)472-2540  (415)472-2540 .

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