Everything I see is a message
In truth, I should have been immersed in the magnificent world of "Kingdom" in the darkness of the movie theater.
I was fully prepared for it, and with the scent of popcorn already in my mind, I took my daughter's hand and headed to the theater.
However, the moment I stepped into the lobby, my daughter tugged at the hem of my shirt.
"Mom, I want to watch Moana."
For a moment, my thoughts came to a halt.
"Wait, isn't it Kingdom?"
When I looked into my daughter's straight gaze, a strangely pleasant sense of resignation lit up in my heart.
"Ah, I see, today is a Moana day."
The showtimes were only five minutes apart.
"Then, let's go with Moana."
Just like that, my plans changed effortlessly.
If it were the old me, I might have felt a little disappointed, thinking, "But I was in the mood for Kingdom..."
But now, I am someone who can accept a change in plans as a gentle suggestion from life itself.
So, I accepted my daughter's "want to watch" just as it was, and picked up tickets for "Moana."
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I sat down in my seat with a light heart.
However, as the screen lit up and the story began to unfold, a quiet stir began deep within my chest.
This is...
The movie my daughter chose was like a message meant for me.
Right now, we are living through the 13 days of the "Blue Eagle" in the Mayan calendar.
The Blue Eagle is an emblem that overlooks the entire world from high in the sky and sees through to the future.
It symbolizes the energy of not being swayed by the events right in front of you, but rather looking at the direction you truly need to go and spreading your wings in belief of the vision you have drawn.
It was at such a moment that 'Moana' appeared before me.
The melody of 'How Far I'll Go' playing in the film soaked into every single one of my cells, as if it were the flapping of an eagle soaring through the vast sky.
“Follow your heart.”
“Set sail for a world yet unseen.”
Moana does not settle for the peaceful rules of the island or a safe way of life decided by someone else; she trusts the voice welling up from within her and sets sail into the vast ocean in a small boat.
There is fear there.
There is also anxiety.
Even so, she continues to move in the direction her soul knows.
That figure appeared to overlap beautifully with the energy of the 'Blue Eagle,' which looks only at the future the heart envisions and tries to take flight without being bound by anything.
While watching the movie, a conviction descended upon me.
——The answer is always known by the heart.
Life begins to flow in a mysterious way when you move in the direction your heart is quietly drawn to, rather than toward the 'correct' answers thought up by your head.
It was my seven-year-old daughter who chose the movie.
However, through that innocent choice as a messenger, it was I who received the message I needed most right now.
Looking back, life is overflowing with such 'beautiful unexpected harmonies.'
Schedule changes that didn't go as planned.
Events I thought were detours.
Unexpected encounters.
There are many times when I look back on events whose meaning I didn't understand at the time, only to realize they were course corrections for the future.
That is why I want to observe my daily life with a little more care.
Words I happened to see.
A conversation that suddenly caught my ear.
Scenery that stirred my heart.
A book that caught my attention for some reason.
A person I met unexpectedly.
Perhaps all of these are messages that the universe is gently delivering to us.
Everything you see is a message.
Today, I was supposed to watch Kingdom.
But what I really needed was Moana.
During these 13 days when the Blue Eagle spreads its wings.
To which sky does your heart quietly whisper that it wants to fly?
The future is the accumulation of each day, starting today.
The answer is surely something your heart already knows.