SERENDIPITY

                                                            
                                                        SERENDIPITY


I watched the movie SERENDIPITY for the second or third time yesterday. And i thouroughly enjoyed it yet again. I have been pondering the workings of the Universe for sometime now. Are things already pre planned? Or do we have a choice in our own destiny? Is there an Unseen Force that has already mapped our lifepath, down to the finest details like which chocolate we like or if we love the smell of the earth after the first summer rain or if we will marry and whom we will marry? Or are these things my own decision?? I agree with the heroine in this movie. Her view is that some parts are our own choice but mostly, it is destiny already chosen for us by FATE...hhmmmm......point to ponder...


The movie talks about looking out for signs from the universe and following its guidance. Strangely, after watching this, i was debating this point by myself, in my head where i always have conversations with myself...and i picked up the newspaper. There was a front page article about a man finding and rescuing a beached baby dolphin. How noble i thought...and upon further perusing of the report, i discovered, much to my amusement, that the boat used to transport the baby dolphin back to the ocean,  was named SERENDIPITY!!!  HA!!  I smiled to myself. I had just one minute ago questioned the message of the movie, and now i had seen the word SERENDIPITY glaring at me from a newspaper article...well this is how the universe sends us messages, via any means that can get our attention, like the daily paper, tv shows, interviews, number plates, advertisements, etc etc....


In the Indian movie OM SHANTI OM, the hero,  in a drunken state, tells his best friend that if you make a sincere wish to the universe, and if that wish is meant to be yours, then the universe will move mountains to bring your wish to you...to grant you your unselfish desire, you just have to look out for the signs that will direct you to your dream...hhhmmmm....this is what THE SECRET also teaches us...ask, believe, receive....


But in my experience, sometimes the signs are misread by us. Or we send out the wrong message to the Universe,,,i find often, that i receive signs, only to realise later, that i have misread the signs....someone should write a book explaining the signs to us. Telling us how to read them. We are a nation who lives by rules, regulations and instructions. From birth we are instructed to learn, eat, play, study, work. In adulthood we follow the rules of our companys, our spouses, our familys, of society. Why then is there no instruction booklet for life? Why is there no manual that tells you how to recognise which signs are for you? If only life was this simple........!!


The trick is to make your own rulebook, which will apply only to yourself. I have found that the signs come. I just choose to ignore them. Like when my car key broke as i hurried to go out one day four years ago. I stopped for just ONE second and thought, is this a message that i should not drive this car now? I knew the answer was YES but stubborn me didnt listen. 15 mins later, i was in a serious accident in which my car was written off....thinking back, i see many such incidents where the Universe was talking to me and i refused to listen In my first blog entry, LOST DREAMS, i asked the question...why does my dreams come true for other people? I received the answer to this when i read the book SIMPLE ABUNDANCE by SARAH BAN BREATHNACH, which i got as a christmas gift 2 weeks ago. In it, Sarah explains that the universe comes calling, and we refuse to take the call. The universe gifts us opoortunity, which we turn down because we are too busy doing other stuff at that time and we say to the universe, not now, maybe later but i cant do that now. This message resonated with my soul instantly and i could see in my heart, all the times that i have been guilty of doing this, of refusing to follow the rulebook of the universe. I have denied myself so many wonderful gifts from the order of life....many times the universe has made that phone call to me but ive said no, not now, im too busy right now, i cant do that just yet.....but no more. This year, i have taken a decision to follow the path destiny has chosen for me. I will make decisions yes, and i know that I am given choices every single minute. Like Im choosing to write this now and you are choosing to continue reading. Thank you for that. I will make my own life choice whenever possible. At all other times, i will surrender to the Universe and follow its lead. Lets see what the new year brings. To you and you loved ones, i wish 
PEACE and HARMONY and a PROSPEROUS, SUCCESSFUL 2011......


Peace and Love
Lady S