A Sign, or the Power of Thought

Are there things such as signs? Does the universe work for us? Our thoughts produce energy, and thus, does that energy just manifest itself in the real world? Or do we see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe?

I'm back in the US. I just spent the last five plus months in Europe. Today, at a stop light, I saw something that threw me back seven years. In 2016, I was living in Los Angeles. I was bored, looking for a challenge and a change, and longing for an adventure. I was looking for a sign. A sign to go back to Europe, London to be more specific. Should I go back or not?

I got invited to Lake Arrowhead for the weekend. A friend's family has a house there on the lake. It's beautiful. Dense pine forest sweeping all the way down to the water line. It was May and the weather was phenomenal. It's hot enough to lay out and go swimming in the lake.

It was a Friday night and I was working a project that didn't finish until late at night. I told my friend I'd met her up there. I set out at ten thirty, alone. At least I had music to keep me company on this two hour drive. By the time I got to the winding mountain road approaching the entrance to the private lake, it was midnight. Lucky me, there was a mystic fog that had rolled in. Alone, I keep thinking and debating– should I go back to London or not? So, I said, out loud, to the universe: "Fine! If you think I should go back to the UK, then show me a sign that I should go back!" Clearly the question and decision was eating me alive.

The mystic fog was pretty thick. I slow down as I come around a mountainous turn and see a little red sports car. It was nice and shiny and my bright lights bounce off it. Above the bumper is a white license plate. California. A vanity plate, of course. I couldn't believe what it said. In all caps, "SCOTT UK". You have to be kidding me! Ask and you shall receive. I couldn't believe it. I was so shocked. There wasn't a car the entire way! Nothing else was around. Maybe I could have gotten a sign from a song. But nothing from my environment. Except this... "SCOTT UK". Incredible.

Long story short, I went to the UK. I think the main take away from going is to just go– no such thing as a bad decision. You get what you want out of experiences. The other lesson: You get what you put your mind to. The power of thought. A sign? Sure. If that's what you want and that's what you're thinking, then that's what you're going to get. Like the old adage: "be careful what you wish for;" because you just might get it.

So, fast forward to today. I'm at the stop light. I look at a car just ahead of me. The license plate says: "SCOT USA". No joke. It wasn't a nice and shiny little red sports car, but it brought a smile to my face. Was it a sign? Confirmation that coming back to the US was the right decision? Maybe. I wasn't thinking about it. It wasn't eating away at me like going back to London was. In this instance, I'm pretty confident in my decision to come back. You believe what you want to believe. And you see what you want to see. Sign or not, our thoughts are powerful. So be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.