The Universe Speaks

The strangest but most wonderful thing happened to me today. I was reading my book, Eat Pray Love and it was at the part where she just arrived to India and she was singing her favorite hymn that goes,"I adore the cause of the universe... I adore the one whose eyes are the sun, the moon, and fire... you are everything to me, O god of the gods... This is perfect, that is perfect, if you take the perfect from the perfect, the perfect remains." And then it goes into her meditating and repeating the mantra, "Om Namah Shivaya," which means," I honor the divinity that resides within me."
    Now, I'm not huge on religion. I don't go to church, I don't read the bible, and I don't pray every night. I guess you can say I'm a free spirit with religion. I do believe with every fiber of my being that everything happens for a reason, whether it be good or bad. You can call that fate. And I also believe in reincarnation. I'd like to think of myself as a seagull in my past life because one, I have a passion for the ocean, and I can do a very real sounding seagull call, and I want to travel, and seagulls could go anywhere they desire. I have read the book, "The Secret" and I believe in that totally too. If you think positive things, then positive things will happen. The author of that book calls what most people would call God, The Universe. I say God when I talk about my type of religion, just because it's easier and most people know what He is. But I like to think of "my God" as something (not someone) that is in everything and everyone. Not just someone who sits up in the sky. I like to say that I have a pretty close religion with God, even though I don't express my gratitude every single night.
     But anyways, I strayed off. After I read to the end of that chapter, I felt something cold plop onto my leg. I jumped and did a quiet shriek. I looked down and I saw a little green tree frog on my leg. I started busting up laughing and then my eyes started to water.. and before I knew it I began to cry. They werent sad tears though, they were tears of joy. I felt something in me light up and I knew the Universe was communicating with me through this tiny frog. I felt pure bliss and joy, it was an incredible feeling to have. I felt like I was in a dream.

     I said," I love you" over and over again to the frog and I picked it up. I went over to the mirror to wipe my eyes off and it hopped onto it. I focused my eyesight on the frog, saying I love you again. Then I focused on my reflection and said I love you. I started smiling and crying again expressing my gratitude over and over again, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."
     I picked it up and brought it outside. I placed my hand on the grass for it to jump off and as it hopped away, I was smiling to myself still feeling blissful. I knew this was a sign that everything will be alright and everything that I want to happen, will come true. So thank you, and I love you.