Today, across the United States, many of us will be treated to a grand sense of awe as we watch the unique experience of a Solar Eclipse.  Masses of people will have traveled hundreds of miles and paid high prices for hotels, all to experience the sense of awe and wonder of such a rare experience.  

When the moon is perfectly aligned in front of the sun, we experience totality, a brief period of darkness created by the moon’s shadow.  It’s not that the sun and moon have changed in orbit in any way, it is simply a phenomena of the relationship of the sun and moon in the sky creating a rare alignment available from a particular perspective on Earth (the band of totality).

This rare alignment inspired me to think about this on a more everyday scale.  If we stop and think about it, we have the opportunity for moments of awe almost every day if we just notice them.  For example, just yesterday I saw a beautiful fox run across our property at sunset.  Last week, I helped an older woman who had fallen on the street and was on the ground as I happened to walk by.  I met my husband in Austin Texas at a wedding we were both attending from opposite sides of the country.  All of these experiences happened because of a unique timing, a special alignment of relationship.

So as we look to the sky today in awe of the Solar Eclipse, let’s also look around us each and every day for the beauty of synchronicity.  These rare moments not only can bring joy to our lives, but also have the potential to change the meaning or direction of our lives in profound ways.  And an added bonus,  we don’t even have to wear those strange glasses to see them.