People are always looking for those moments of synchronicity or serendipity in those moments where things are going well. But what about the ones that occur when things are not going according to plan, or are even traumatic?
I want to share briefly about a time when I was 13 years of age and involved in an accident ( re: divine appointment ) that nearly ended my life. I share it as it has been the time of my life that has most profoundly shaped many of my experiences. A time that I now see many of the gifts in.
It was a family holiday. I was enjoying a game of soccer with my brothers. The ball got kicked into a field. Me and my brothers decided to start swinging on a goal post that reach up to our neck level. Not a great idea. Within minutes I had managed to leverage it out of the ground and it pulled me down to the ground, crushing my abdomen. I’ll not go into the details of the internal injuries but we can just say it wasn’t that pleasant.
I ended spending two weeks in the intensive care unit and then another 4 weeks in another hospital ward recovering.
For many years my attitude was that of the victim, wondering why this had happened to me, and allowing myself to feel self pity on a daily basis. In time I came to approach that time with a sense of awe and began to witness the miracles that occurred in that time.
There were a number of synchroncities that occurred in this painful time that to me are evidence of a higher co-ordination of events. Here are my favourite…
1) The hospital that my parents took me to was the only hospital in the south of England which had the type of specialist that I needed to perform the operation.
2) The doctor said that if it has been an inch further along my duodenum he would not have been able to save me.
3) If they had been just a few moments later in getting to me I would have bled to death.
4) ( my favourite ) This is something that my mother recounted me telling her, as I could not remember it. One night I was dreaming that I was on a train and it pulled into a station. When the door opened a white light poured in and I was on the verge of stepping out into it. A hand reached me and grabbed me, and pulled me back in. I recognised him as the man sharing the Intensive Care unit with me, Tony. “It’s not your time yet” he said as he pulled me back in. Then he himself stepped into that light. I awake soon after and told my mother this story, to which she replied “Tony passed away last night”. To this day I feel he was an angel in my life.
Even in these painful times in my life there were synchronicities unfolding. In those moments of extreme pain I was not able to see them. My faith dwindled in those years following. But over time I made the conscious decision to find the gift in it.
As you are going through your struggles, whether it be with health and fitness, relationship, or anything else, ask to see the gifts in the moment. I believe you will begin to see the wonderful presence of spirit working it’s magic. Or, it may occur long after the event, depending on what the event is. Our body may get broken at time but as long as we have faith in our spirit we are not broken.
There is great healing with gratitude. I feel this is one of the deep messages that came with that experience for me.
