Nine Years After: A Story

I have a story to tell. Well, kind of. I'm not actually going to tell you the story. I'm just going to tell you about the story. It's a true story, and it happened nine years ago. So, gather around friends and envision a bonfire. 

There are a handful of significant days in my life, and April 19th is one of them. If November 11, 2011 was the day I chanted a magic prayer that unlocked the secret chamber that allowed the walls of my life to completely crumble and fall apart in 2012, then April 19th, 2013 was the day I fell through a portal and hit a singularity, where everything began to restructure itself to propel me in completely new directions. 

This story involves a madman, a wrecked motorbike, four friends, an injured deer, tequila, a truck, the police, lots of yellow paint, and one epic house move. Stir into one crazy night. You can use your imagination to how all those pieces fit together, and you'd probably get it all wrong. 

In fact, I could give that list to ten different people and end up with ten different stories. Maybe one might come close to what actually happened. But probably not. Despite the fact I survived 2012 on the coattails of miracles, they paled in comparison to the improbable alignment of events that night. Well, except for maybe how my hard drive (where all my writing was stored) was the only part of my computer to survive an unfortunate incident involving a hammer a month earlier. But that's anther story. 

It's fascinating how we create stories out of bits and pieces of information and make it all our own. 

I could tell more tales of the seemingly random, improbable alignments, uncanny timings, and meeting unlikely earth angels. And maybe in time, I will. I have a lifetime full of them. And they continue to infiltrate my life in unexpected ways.  

I cannot claim to understand the secrets of the universe or the magic behind the synchronicities. But I am grateful for them all. 

Reflect on the improbable synchronicities throughout your life. Even if you think there are none, I'm sure you can think of a story where a chance meeting or perfectly aligned timing changed the course of everything that came thereafter. 

Pay attention and be grateful for these moments. You will start to experience more and more of them until one day you notice that they tell the story of your life.