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Sign

By Amanda Sargenti

“Change is the only constant in life,” is a famous saying I try to live by, and that helps me put things into perspective when I feel I need to color my life differently. When it’s time to make changes I often tend to favor the ripping off the band-aid technique. Since I tend to lose my equilibrium and inner harmony when assimilating changes in my life, why not change everything all at once? Sure, this temporary sense of insanity is by no means flattering to anybody, but at least I can give myself a break, knowing that I am trying to run a marathon on quicksand.

When living in Monterey, California, a few years back, I was flirting with the idea of changing my life one hundred percent. By this I mean: changing jobs – preferably careers, moving back down south, and ending a long relationship. Changing my immediate environment constituted not only leaving the majestic ocean and lusciously green, famous cypress trees but also an eclectic and genuine support system of individual souls.

I decided to drive to Los Angeles to visit my brother in the hope of buying some time before needing to make these long overdue life-altering decisions. After getting into my car and driving on a windy road towards the freeway, I began setting my intentions for this trip on which I was embarking. All of a sudden I remembered something I used to ritualistically do whenever I felt the blanket of confusion wrap around me. When the going gets tough, I ask God and the Universe for a sign–some sort of confirmation or guidance. Even though I usually enjoy a challenging and analytic, even cryptic thought process, I suspected my feelings of uncertainty to have clouded my vision and ability to filter in any insight. Paralleling the mind of a banana slug or maybe even an amoeba (with all due respect), I summoned my heart energy together and pleaded to God and the Universe to please send me a sign to work with, something that would help clarify the path I was meant to take. I remember advising the Universe to be gentle with me because I was in no state to dissect any abstract hints from the beyond. Understanding the importance of being specific when asking for a request, especially when involving the Universe and God’s help, I recall humbly asking that a “foolproof sign” would be granted to me. By this description, I hoped that I would be given a “sign” that did not need much interpretation or analyzing.

Just as soon as I set my intentions and verbalized my heart’s desire, a big truck coming out of what seemed left field, blended into my lane, forcing me to halt. Before I could even react to the dance my car was involved in with this truck, I started to laugh, close to hysterically. Much to my amazement and disbelief, there was one word written in large red, bold letters on the back of this truck that demanded my attention. Any ideas what this one word was? Of course…the word was no other than “SIGN.”

Sometimes I can’t help but laugh at the absurdity of life… “SIGN?” “Really??” “What sign, and for what?” I soon began to ponder. Well, once again, the Universe gave me exactly what I had asked for…nothing more, and nothing less. I had asked for a “simple and obvious sign,” one that did not need any interpretation.

Even though I did not have any clarification as to the decisions I needed to make, I did realize two things: how quickly God and the Universe respond to us when we are in need and reach out for help–if we listen and are receptive. The other reminder was for me to keep and strengthen my faith, to remind myself that although I don’t have (and probably never will have) all the pieces to the puzzle of my life, I ought to be confident and never forget that no matter what happens and despite what my perspective on life might be, I am guided and loved by God and the Universe. I was then; I am now, and I will always be. You, too, are loved by the same Universe and can feel guided and connected if you just listen and allow yourself to be molded by the natural flow of things.