A sense of mastery combined with pleasure
generates a sense of purpose.

We fulfill our purpose by continually expanding our thinking about what's possible. We attract good things to ourselves whenever we notice and enjoy the success of others. Rather than keeping up with the Jones,' we can celebrate their flow of abundance as a sign of what's possible. Sharing synchronicity stories with you is a great joy because we all benefit from seeing and hearing just how common it is to have our requests answered. I have two stories for you this month.

The first is from Turi from Calgary, Alberta, who writes that she has been unemployed for a few months, but hadn't yet found the right fit for her skills and interest. She has been working to change her thought processes about prosperity and right livelihood, and applying different manifestation techniques. Turi writes, "I've been reading The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder. Yesterday's affirmation was ... This is my time of divine fulfillment. Miracles now follow miracles and my blessings never cease. Today, a woman that I was introduced to on the bus - once, four months ago -showed up on my doorstep. She remembered that I was a technical writer, and had learned from our neighbor that I was looking for work. She does marketing for a consultant who is looking for a technical writer, and wondered if I might be interested. Knowing full well that situations like this are never random, I gave her my phone number and email, and within twenty minutes had a phone call from the guy to arrange an interview. I met him for coffee, and he feels my skills are exactly what he's looking for. The work, atmosphere, hours, pay and astounding flexibility are exactly the arrangement that I was looking for! We struck a deal and I start in less than two weeks. The entire experience took three hours from beginning to end."

Whenever we are afraid, impatient, or wishing something would change, we, of course, try to fix it by taking some direct action toward it. Sometimes that does work. However, in Turi's case, she did her internal spiritual work, and then watched the miracle unfold! Do I hear some of you ask, "What if I've been doing my visualization, affirmations, and praying but nothing is happening?" This, of course, is the hard part of spiritual work-when our will is up against trust and right timing. It may be time to soften your intensity, knowing that your intuition and synchronicity are working on your behalf. Listen to your intuitive intelligence and stay committed to having things work out.

Clearing Away What is No Longer Working

The second story comes from Cheryl, a fifty-five-year-old woman who reports a major upheaval one year ago. Her husband of twelve years left her, and she lost the job she had had for thirteen years at the same time. She came down with pneumonia and was hospitalized for a week. "My teen-age daughters were almost off to college, and I had been looking forward to finally having time with my husband who was my best friend. When my oldest left for college, I was shattered emotionally. My financial picture was in ruin. It didn't seem like anything could possibly happen, but to make matters worse, I started menopause. I got another job and tried to adjust to all the new circumstances of starting life over."

Then synchronicity kicked in. Cheryl says, "My daughter, in a bizarre coincidence, went to another town on a fluke with a friend, and ran into my sister at a restaurant. I had been estranged from my sister for seven years, and as she is the only living member of my family, it was a very painful thing and I felt very isolated. As the result of this very bizarre synchronicity, our children began to communicate constantly, and my sister and I were reunited. She and my children and a group of really wonderful friends were the bright spots of my life for the last year."

The Power of Seeing the Pattern

Cheryl told her sister about all the amazing coincidences that were happening in her life, and how it was really a very strange time. "My sister suggested I read The Celestine Prophecy so I ran right out and purchased several of James Redfield's books and tapes. It made such an enormous difference in my life. I could finally see that my husband was given to me for a purpose-to help me raise my children, and that the events in my life had happened for a reason. I could see there was a pattern being laid out for me. My sister calls it my "bizarro world" and she has loved being along for the ride this past year. I have a totally new spiritual outlook on life. I have rediscovered myself, am doing many of the creative activities I had abandoned for years. My children are learning that I am actually a very talented, alive, person, rather than just "mom". I have wonderful relationships with my friends, a job with an incredible group of co-workers. I want to move to the next level, but am unsure how to go about it. So many things continue to be revealed to me on a daily basis, but I'm having difficulty discovering my purpose."

Well, Cheryl, it sounds as if you were "slumbering" a bit before all the changes, and now you have woken up. Your purpose needed you to be awake, and now you are on a path of discovery. Your quest for purpose is purposeful. It is stimulating ever more questions. Finding a name for your purpose might not be as important as living fully present to the moment each day! Knowing your purpose would probably give you the same feelings of joy, meaning, and curiosity that you now have. Maybe you're there! It's safe to say that you are more alive and fulfilled in your life than you had imagined when things were really dark. You have gone through a death and rebirth, and that's purposeful enough for now.

Happy July,
Carol Adrienne