When God Winks

Today is a wonderful day. Regardless of my hours of homework, chem class, and dreadful workout, today is and will be a wonderful day.



I must admit I probably had the best winter break I have ever had. I did nothing besides play cards, drink yummy beer, and lounge with people I love. I can't remember having days in a row where there was nothing important that had to get done. I wouldn't want a life of laziness but my goodness it was wonderful for few weeks!!



The New Year is always an exciting time for me. It means all over the world people are thinking about goals. Whether or not they pursue them who knows but its awesome to know that people are out there thinking about positive life change. As I said last year, every day could and should be a day of change. I can honestly say that I did focus on that last year and so many amazing opportunities came my way. However, I still could work harder and will do it this year!



For family that doesn't know... I made the Dean's list!! All that hard worked paid off.. woo hoo!!

That was a definite goal and it felt damn good to complete it. And, mel graduated from nursing school.. sooo jealous yet soooo proud!



So lately I have been thinking about the power of coincidence. I may have talked about it a while ago but there is this book and its called When God Winks. I highly recommend to anyone of any faith. I changed my life and I will continue to always share this with people. This book is about coincidence and the power behind it. The authors main message is "If you were God, and couldn't be seen, couldn't be heard, and couldn't touched, how would you speak to people?" Especially non believers or people that see coincidence as weird experiences that appear ironic. BUT, the author describes a coincidence as a God wink. Obviously I can't write and explain the whole idea right now but it is awesome. It gives purpose to everything we do and it helps us feel like we are in the right place at the right time. He says that every coincidence is planned.. there is no such thing as a coincidence. So every time you say "Isn't that so weird, what are the chances of that happening" There is a deeper meaning for why that occured. So he suggests writing them down whenever you find yourself saying that. This prevents forgetting it and later you can recap. There is always an end to a story and so many coincidences are left completely unanswered. Now before I read this book, I never exercised any thought to this strange realm of weird happenings. I never really thought much about coincidences. Truthfully, I never even paid attention to them past the 2 minutes it happened. But after, let me tell you it was almost creepy. I noticed so much more. Here's one of the greatest examples of a God Wink for me...



OK so I was in Tanzania at the time, It about a month into my trip when Luke called me one morning. (Him calling was always exciting since communication was hard but this was especially exciting!) He said that a kid from Africa goes to his school. He heard him talking in the cafeteria and hes pretty sure hes from Tanzania. Now people, first of all, Luke's school has about 2300 kids TOTAL. It's smaller than my own high school. Second, it is very very difficult to come to America if you are from Africa. Third, do you know how big Africa is and how many people live there? The chances of someone being from Africa at Luke's school is crazy but actually the same country that I was in?? It was so strange. Anyway.. so I told him he must talk to him and find out more. I was so excited. So about two weeks later I get this phone call at 5 am my time. It was luke saying he has someone that wants to talk to me. It was this kid! We started talking and I was able to speak Swahili with him. I started asking him where he was from within the country and I almost dropped the phone. I was in the exact town he was from. I mean what?? While we were 12000 miles apart, I was in his hometown. It was so ironic. So we exchanged emails and sure enough one week later I was sitting having coffee with his brother in Arusha, Tanzania. Throughout my trip I spent a lot of time with his family; there were sooo sooo good to me. I ate dinner with them on my last night and was so humbled but the compassion of this family. Now, that is a fricken God Wink. There is no way I can think that was an accident. Not only did it confirm emotions for Luke, but it closed all my insecurities about my trip. Without a doubt I knew I was falling in love with the right person, and I knew that trip was all part of this huge growing experience for me. I was on the right path.



Well this is getting so long. The reason I even brought it up was since this book, the big and little things pop out. My living situation as changed and it was a difficult transition. But there was a God Wink throughout it all and that is why today is a wonderful day.



Approach today with a wide open heart.





amani,

k