If You’ve Lost Faith in the Universe, Read This

3 times the Universe came through for me.

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It’s not always easy to believe in something bigger than yourself. Whether you believe in God, the Universe, Destiny, or anything else, some days it’s hard to trust something you can’t see.

You don’t know if you really are being guided or if you’re stumbling around like a fool. It’s okay if sometimes you lose your faith a little. That doesn’t mean you don’t genuinely believe — it makes you human.

However, if you’ve lost your belief in the Universe, and want to hear something that will make you trust again, here are three times the Universe came through for me.

1. Eighteen

For my last semester of high school, I decided to join my school’s band to learn the saxophone. The first day of band class came, and my teacher called me into his office to teach me the basics of the alto saxophone.

By the end, he said, “You’ll have to buy reeds.” If you don’t know what a reed is, it’s a strip of material that vibrates to produce sound on instruments such as a saxophone, clarinet, and more. (Thanks, Wikipedia.)

Anyway, I asked the teacher, “How much does that cost?”