You see the same set of numbers or initials all day.

The person you were just thinking of bumps into you.

A new song that perfectly mirrors your life.

And you notice all of it.

Coincidence or confirmation? Fate, chance or perfect timing?

Do you see these signs because you were looking for them or were they always there? Imagine if you had turned a blind eye or walked the other way, you would’ve never known.

It’s strange how much we can convince ourselves to believe if we think we have enough proof.

After getting heads three times in a row in a coin flip, the brain starts insisting that tails is next, that it’s bound to happen. Psychologists have a term for this, the gambler’s fallacy, something the brain uses far more than we notice.

Could it be tails? Sure.

Heads again? Just as possible.

Waiting for something to happen is probably when you feel the most uncertain. You’re kept in the dark, you don’t know what would happen and you’re just there, waiting for the other shoe to drop. And that’s when the odds stand out even more, the idea that it’s either yes or no, will or won’t. 

And so you continue on your drive waiting for a green light.

The reassurance we seek may not always be in words, it might just be something found in the night sky, a lucky number or codeword, whatever we choose to believe in to trust ourselves.

Take the win and the sign. Whether it’s a sign of the future I’ll never know and you probably won’t either, the universe might just be exceptionally well timed. But if it still strengthened your confidence, perhaps that’s enough. Take caution of relying on it blindly, there’s always a chance of yet another head.

If you’re reading this maybe it’s a sign (or maybe it’s just my weekly column).