People laugh at me.

Some think I’m weird.

It used to bother me and I’d feel the need to explain or defend myself and why I see things the way I do.

I was afraid to admit I see signs. Or I should say that I get messages from the signs I see.

Let me explain…

I’ve written before about some of the answers to prayers I’d prayed that have arrived in symbolic ways, or though physical signs.

I see the same things everyone else does; I simply interpret what I see differently.

A lot of times, if I’ve been praying for an answer to a situation, I will get it through a sign on the side of the road or a license plate (much like this one I saw when pulling into a parking lot on a really bad day a couple of years ago:

That day, a rare “pity party day,” after reflecting between work and the store, asking for guidance about a particular situation that seemed hopeless, I pulled in and saw that plate and thought to myself:

And you know what?

I couldn’t answer one of those questions with my logical mind…

What I’m grateful for (you knew that was coming, right?) is the ability to be open to those types of signs because I usually gain insight or at the very least, comfort, from them.

At other times, I’ll just see something like a smiley face somewhere (I’ve seen them in pizzas, pizza rolls, a container I warmed a cheeseburger, my sugar bowl, the sink drain (thanks to Jamie – she pointed out that one) and no matter how bad of a mood I may be in, when I see them, they make me feel good.

Maybe that’s why I see them?

Who knows… I just know they make me smile!

I seriously AM going to start a gallery of the pictures… You won’t BELIEVE the places I’ve seen them!

The funny thing about it is that my friends and family are starting to find them now too… My friend Tim has sent me several he’s found, my daughter pointed one out and as I mentioned, my friend Jamie saw one the other day.

All I know is that I see the same things that others see, but I just interpret them in a different, more unique way. A coworker yesterday just said, “Yeah, you’re unique” (picture the quotes in the air hand gesture on “unique”) But this is coming from a guy who is my polar opposite and has told me before that my sunshine and cheesiness make him nauseous…

I guess to each his own!

I choose to embrace my weirdness.

I’m getting older now… I’m starting to enjoy it.

I’m no longer afraid to my differences and am willing to show that I see things different than most.

I’m not afraid to speak up like I used to be. (My daughter HATES that about me now… I don’t know how many times I’ve heard, “MOM!!!!!” lately………..)

I guess I AM getting old…

I’m just finally ready to embrace who I am and if the peeps like me, they like me, and if not, then that’s their problem, not mine!

I’m just sorry it took me FORTY FIVE FREAKIN’ YEARS to “get it!”

What about yourself are you willing to embrace that you may have previously hidden or tried to ignore?

Don’t you think it’s time to step into who you really are?

Take a leap of faith and step into your own uniqueness.

You’ll be glad you did…

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