Are You Seeing the Messages?

Today I went for a hike because I was feeling a little ungrounded. A little off. A little lost, if I’m honest. Nothing dramatic, just that subtle inner wobble that happens sometimes when my energy is scattered, and I can’t quite find my center.

So I did what I often do when I need to come back to myself: I got out on the trail. I walked on the earth. I let my feet meet the ground step by step, letting the rhythm of movement guide me back into my body, back into the present moment. As I walked, I started asking inwardly:

 Is there any guidance for me right now? Where do you want me to place my attention? What am I not seeing clearly?

Then I waited.

When I’m feeling lost, I’ve learned something important: I’m never really lost. Not truly. There is always guidance available. There is always a compass. I just have to slow down enough to listen and trust. 

And then… at the very end of my hike, as I was walking back toward my car, I spotted something on the trail.

A perfectly sharpened pencil

At first, I was irritated. I assumed someone had dropped it and left trash behind, and I bent down to pick it up, thinking I’d carry it out with me. But then I stopped because instantly, something deeper landed. This wasn’t just a pencil, this was the response to the questions I had just asked! It was a message. The message was simple and clear:

 Write.

I love writing. It is one of the places I feel most like myself. And yet, if I’m honest, I’ve been avoiding it lately — especially the book. The moment I think about “writing a book,” it feels heavy, big, overwhelming. There’s a goal attached to it. A pressure. A finish line. And suddenly the joy of writing gets buried beneath the weight of what I think it has to become. I had been thinking about that very thing on the trail and then, five minutes later, there it was.

A pencil.

A whisper from life.

A nudge.

A reminder.

To Write.

So yes… I’m listening.

And now I’m asking you: 

Are you?

Can you slow down enough to really notice what’s showing up around you? The symbols, the synchronicities, the seemingly small things that stir something deeper inside.

Because the truth is, guidance is everywhere, and we are being spoken to all the time.

But when we are rushing, distracted, and stuck in our heads, we miss the secret messages.

You are not lost. And you are certainly not alone.

There is wisdom all around you, waiting for you to notice.

Maybe today it will come through a conversation.

A bird on your windowsill.

A line in a book.

A pencil on the trail.

The message is there.

The question is…Are you seeing it?

With Love,