Quite often in daily life we are in such a rush that we fail to listen to what the Universe is teaching us. God, the Creator, the quantum matrix, aliens, (whatever your choice) provides signposts along the way, guiding us in the right direction if we choose to look. If we choose to see.
We were anchored in a secluded bay one evening in the Bahamas. The kids had eaten their dinner and were settling down from a day of swimming and snorkling when we decided to do the old message in a bottle thing. The kids wrote a nice letter to no one in particular, we put our email address on there, stuffed it in an empty wine bottle, and chucked it over the side.
A few months later, much to our surprise, we received an email from a lady hundreds of miles away who had found our bottle washed up on a beach. I immediately bought a lottery ticket. Even more surprising, it was the third message in a bottle she had found in her life. She told us that she regularly walks the beaches just looking.
There are messages out there for all of us to find. For me the message was not to go gambling, but I did learn something about paying closer attention to the world, nature, and the universe.
Like most kids, ours are entralled by finding treasure. They are constantly scanning the ground and can spot a dime 50 yards out. I'm always telling them, 'don't pick up trash.' But they are looking because they EXPECT something to be there, and more often than not, there is. They have found many great treasures, lots of coins, random junk, and on one occasion a very old diamond engagement ring buried deep in some mud. Don't ask. We never appraised the ring. It remains in their collection. Its true value being the reminder that if ye seek, then truly ye shall find.
GL
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