A Leap of Faith

Last night, as I was talking to the friend in Sweden, the topic of coincidences came up. Coincidences is a popular word, but for what it represents I think it appears too dismissive. It rather brushes off the potential meaning behind the connection of people and events. Synchronicity is a much better word I feel, for it accepts and embraces the truth that everything is connected, leading the way for magic and miracles to happen.

Once I set out on the road 9 months ago to put theory to the test, and was able to be open and sense some trust in the universe, I found some really mind-blowing things occurred. Some things have been written about already, but I felt compelled to share a few samples here of naturally occurring opportunities during a 3 month period last year.

In St Lucia I received a personal invite to Balenbouche estate, the place on the top of my list to visit, because my trip around the island went ‘wrong’ and I ended up stranded in the south. I ended up living there for a month.

My first connection to the sailing world, and sailing opportunity, happened as a result of a raw chocolate dessert made by a friend on my last night in Bristol.

A seemingly impossible rendevous came together because of a conversation with the security guard at a hotel I chose to stay in, after hours of internet research had turned up nothing.

An all expenses paid trip from one end of the caribbean to the other emerged as a result of registering on a networking website for sailors. No requests to travel in that direction had been posted.

I was offered a luxury yacht to stay on for a few days at christmas, simply from a passing conversation with a stranger about hotels in the area.

This is just a brief description of what the universe provided during the first year of experimentation. All were delivered as part of a chain of events triggered by an intuitive pull to visit the Caribbean. There was no plan, since I had no idea why I was going there. I just went, trusting that all would work out and I wouldn’t have to return after 2 or 3 weeks when my money ran out.

Full details are being documented in a series called What Happened  – a set of 7-8 stories that form a cross between a tale of spiritual development, a travel log, and an adventure story. The book previously mentioned, called Leap of Faith: Discovering the Heart, is likely to contain an abridged version of all stories.

Meanwhile, the story continues.