Synchronistic events never cease to amaze me.  A recent chain of events has brought this to the forefront of my mind so I thought I'd write about it.

Roughly a month ago I was feeling very much at a crossroads.  I had a lot of decisions to make and was at a point where in order to move in any direction I simply had to make a choice.  So, because I was feeling lost, my choice was to call upon the help of my guides during a meditation, asking that they point me in the right direction.  I asked for very specific symbols to be shown to me repeatedly to confirm when I was headed in the right direction.  Specifically, I asked for monkeys.

Monkeys!?  Yeah, I know it sounds ridiculous.  But it was the first thing that popped into my head so trying to be a healthy skeptic, I went with it. I wanted to be shown something that I didn't normally see or bump into by accident in the scope of everyday existence.  I live in suburban Illinois...we don't see many monkeys out this way ;)

So anyway, have I mentioned that my guides have a great sense of humor?  I have since seen monkeys everywhere, whenever I "happen" to be thinking about the issues I asked for confirmation about. 

At the library, there were stuffed monkeys as prizes for a children's reading club (the theme of which had nothing at all to do with monkeys, I might add.)  A flyer for a local music program featuring a band with "monkey" in their name.  At the grocery store a string of stuffed mini-monkeys wearing birthday hats greeted me as I walked down the baking aisle.  Facebook friends' status updates featuring monkeys.  Monkeys on junk mail.  Monkeys on my son's birthday card.  The cherry on top of the cake was the license plate that read "U MONKEY".  

Bananas, isn't it?