I Saw A Sign Today....

All of my  life I have been that person who looks for "signs".Everything and anything I do,I am looking for a "sign" to help me make the right decision. I often find myself looking for "signs" of hope.I look for "signs" that things are going to be okay. It is not always easy to see the signs. Sometimes I am sure that God wants to hit me up side the head with a billboard because I keep walking around,over and through the sign He has given me.Sometimes these "signs" are not a literal word, although they can be. Sometimes the "signs" come in the form of a thought that just pops into my head; a repeated sighting of an object (like an owl, another blog for another day) a converstation a friend or stranger initiates with me; a book or song title; a word in a song that I have listened to a million times but never really HEARD and of course "signs" come to me in dreams-some while I sleep and dreams while I am wide awake. 
This morning as I was driving to work I was talking out loud to God and my brother, who lives in heaven, like I do on most days. I was asking questions, what to do about this, how to handle this, should I do it this way or that way. I can picture both of them looking at each other and shaking their heads as if to say "please stop talking". My brother always had the answers for me. He never once even hesitated when I ask for his thoughts, opinion or advice. His wisdom just rolled off of his tongue. I miss that.
I continued to ask them questions all the way to my first stop. I walked into my first appointment and was motioned to go through the door into the next waiting area. I went in, sat down and waited. As I stood to greet the person I was to be meeting with something on the wall caught my eye. It was a picture on the wall that said "In a world where YOU can be anything...Be YOURSELF." The best part of this was there was a small owl included in this picture. For those of you who know me, you totally get that. For those of you who dont know me...the owl is my brother. I will explain that in another post, on another day. BUT for now, I know that today, I ask the questions and I got the sign..I got my answer.



Do you believe in signs?

I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.
Brian Andreas