Synchronicity (or, how the universe sends winks)

I went on a little 48-hour trip to the Solway Firth this weekend—part getaway, part low-key quest. I didn’t say it out loud, but I think I was hoping for answers. I’ve got a bit of life dilemma going on in the background and just wanted to get some guidance. I needed a bit of space to think.

You know. That feeling you get when you’re standing on the wind-whipped edge of the world and the questions in your chest finally get a bit of breathing space.

I’ve just started The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, and for the last few days I’ve been journaling like a woman possessed—pages and pages of half-thoughts, heart things, gut stuff, tangled dreams. And then, somewhere between scribbles and sea air, this word kept rising to the surface: synchronicity.

Cameron talks about it a lot. The idea that when you start to show up for your creative self—even in the smallest ways—the universe starts to show up too. You take a step; something steps toward you. You write something down, and the next day someone mentions it. You think, I need a sign—and then, there it is.

I actually said out loud: I just need a ‘heart leap’ - to tell me I’m on the right track.

And then I saw this.

I was standing at the water’s edge, looked down and there it was…

Out of nowhere. Like a wink. Like a gentle, amused, “Yes.”

Was it random? Maybe. But the timing? The feeling in my chest when I saw it? That deep, shimmering yes? That’s harder to explain away.

So I’m paying attention. To the nudges, the chance meetings, the book that falls off the shelf. Maybe synchronicity is just what happens when we finally get quiet enough to notice how much the world is already listening.

If you’re in this space too—searching, opening, wondering—here are some prompts I’ve been working with in my journal this week. Use them if they call to you:
What would it look like to believe the universe is on my side?
Where in my life am I being nudged to take a step forward—even a small one?
If I trusted the signs, what would I do next?

I’d love to know—have you ever had a moment like that? A sign, a whisper, a strange-but-true moment of clarity? Let’s share.

Maybe we’re all walking our way back to magic.