Signs, Synchronicity, and a Butterfly: Trusting Life's Guidance.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share a little miracle.

Yesterday I woke up really early, I couldn't sleep. I was just wide awake, not really stressing about it, my mind was just wandering and I was just... there, present.

I looked out the window and caught the light, it was shifting from dark to a soft blue, just so beautiful. I love that moment right before the day wakes up, the blue hour. A little voice in my head just went: get up, grab your camera, go out. The light's too good to miss.

I've been in a difficult period lately due to a back injury, barely walking, and my mood went really down the last few days, everything felt kind of hopeless. But that morning, something wiser just took over. Funny how that happens, wisdom shows up, even when you're not looking for it, like a small whisper inside.

I got dressed, took my bike (yes, cycling I still can do, very grateful for that). The streets were still empty, the city was silent. I had no plan, I just followed that nudge, taking in my surroundings, stopping to take photos here and there.

*picture taken that morning while I was wandering — ©️ Nathalie Douxfils

I ended up at the train station, it was 6:30 in the morning now, and the coffee shop was just opening. I sat down enjoying a coffee, just watching people pass on their way to catch their trains. Then I remembered I should go home before my family woke up wondering where I went.

Back at my bike, I felt something stuck under my shoe. I thought it was a pebble, but no, it was glued on. First I thought, oh cute, some kid's plastic star. I had a big smile, thinking: "ha, the universe is guiding me, what does it want to tell me?" Then I looked closer... it was a tiny shiny butterfly.

When I got home, I looked up what the butterfly spirit is telling us:

"Choose to be playful, loving, and joyous, and you will soon know the miracle your soul wants to experience through you. Today is a day for joy, so alight! Look around and see the beauty that is everywhere and in everyone, including you."

That was literally my morning. Nothing forced, nothing planned, just a moment of clarity that showed up on its own and reminded me how much beauty is around. My mood lifted again, nothing to force or figure out. The universe really had my back that morning, literally, under my shoe.

It's wonderful to notice how the universe is aware of us, encouraging and guiding us toward thriving and joy. We are so loved. It's fun to notice these miracles that are happening. We often miss them when we are lost in our personal thinking.

Our soul, our energy, our spirit, that is living and breathing us, is always right here with us... wondering what I will notice next.