Universe Moment - Trip to Canada

So one of the things I told myself I was going to do was more motorcycle riding. I did a lot of it before I met Jesse then I just stopped riding. Jesse was always about dragging his knee around corners and I was always about enjoying the scenery, the smells, and the territory. Our riding differences kind of stopped my riding and I was yearning to get back on the road. I had been planning a trip to Canada in May (in fact I intended to go for the past several Mays, but I never got it together).
After the "divorce" I thought it would be a great thing to set my sites on May, 2009. I was speaking with my dad who lived in Canada for years when he was younger, and he mentioned that I should probably go in June because May could still have me in snow and rain.

What I'm about to type, is proof to me that there is a God and that I'm going down the right path now:

A couple weeks ago, my mom was visiting. I was lamenting about how I'd had the Vette for sale for a month with only a couple of bites. She suggested that I post my ad up on the Corvette Forums. I didn't see any harm in it, so I did.

After she left, I was surfing the web and I see a Google ad at the bottom of the page that says, "Neale Donald Walsh" in big letters. Neale Donald Walsh is the author of a book that changed my life called "Conversations With God". Now, Google Advertising tries to match the content of the page with advertisers so I immediately scanned the page looking for clues as to why this ad would appear on this page. I can't remember what the page was about, but I specifically remember that it had nothing to do with God, spirituality, or books. Intrigued, I clicked the ad. What I found was a retreat being hosted by Neale for no more than 40 people. You guessed it, it was scheduled for June, 2009 in Canada. In fact, the retreat is within 60 miles of my ultimate destination in Canada (Jasper National Park). The twilight zone theme was playing in my head. I thought, "But I can't afford this. It's $1,000!" My phone rang. It was a buyer for my Corvette. It seems he'd seen the ad on the Corvette Forums and he wanted to buy it sight unseen and have it shipped to him in Houston.

I knew this retreat was where I needed to go, but I still hadn't actually purchased the retreat. The next night, I'm watching a movie and a voice came into my head and said, "Sean, pause this movie and go buy the retreat." I thought, ah, I'll do it after the movie but the voice was persistent so I paused the movie, swallowed hard, and purchased the retreat. The following morning I got an email from the retreat host informing me I'd purchased the last Queen bed. As if firmly hammering the point home, I got an email from MySpace which informed me that a friend was having a birthday the following week and to log on to find out who. Now I never go on MySpace. I made my profile many years ago and pretty much ignore the site. But when I logged in, I thought I'd check my profile to make sure things were accurate (i.e. that I'm single now) and there it was, the question I answered four years ago: Who would you most like to meet? My answer: Neale Donald Walsh.

This is enough for me to reinforce my belief in spirituality. Despite all the challenges I've been facing recently, the stream really does flow well when you are paying attention and going down the right path for your soul and it really is an uphill battle when you're going down the wrong path. I've promised myself to never ignore these signals again. If I see myself swimming upstream, I'm going to look for signs to change direction.

So my motorcycle trip is set in stone. I have until June to lose some weight, get my shoulder pain to go away, and get some muscles toned up that are involved in riding. The trip is over 3,000 miles and I'm looking forward to the solitude. In the meantime, I will be training and working on my bike to prepare it.