"Everything is connected. There are no coincidences." - Unknown
All around us are the signs or signals helping to push us in the right direction in life. These signs are called synchronicities or as most people just call them "coincidences." The problem is that most times we are completely unaware of their presence. Every once in awhile I stumble upon one of them and I am always in awe and humbled when I do.
The other day as I was prepping to pick up a high ranking well known visitor who was coming to teach at our dojo and I was rushing around and starting to stress out. As I got into the car and started driving to the airport a song came on the radio that caught my attention. I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I actually hadn't even noticed that the radio was on.
The song that came on was Let It Be by the Beatles (Now mind you I am not even a Beatles fan). The Let it be part of the song caught my subconscious and it was one of those head turning moments. I stopped thinking about all the trials and tribulations ahead and just focused on listening to the song. Strangely I found that the song spoke to me.
When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
It helped to remind me what Aikido is all about. Let it be is harmony. While I was waiting at the airport I Googled the song's origin and came upon an interview with Paul McCartney where he described the origin of the song. At the time of the song's creation, Paul felt a bit disillusioned and lost in his life. One night in a dream his mother who had passed away came to him and said in a gentle reassuring way, "Let it be." When he awoke he felt a sense of calm and the message that he took away from the dream was: Be gentle, don’t fight things, just try and go with the flow and it will all work out. I was surprised because these ideas are the essence of Aikido.
Ideally, the secrets to the universe are all around us. We just have the awareness to see them. It's not something that you have to force. Just let it be and they will come.
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