strange spiritual phone call/ time

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The phone call or time itself were not spiritual, but the happening of them was. I tore up my knee (torn acl, mcl, lcl, fcl, and meniscus) about two months ago while skiing in colorado. I moved home in MI for the recovery. I have had lots of free time, which I have used to learn guitar, watch movies, make art, etc. But I have not read a single book since I've been home. Today for some reason I decided to pick up a book in the middle of the day. My friend gave it to me after my crash to take home but I never was interested until today. I grabbed ice for my knee, and began to read. 50 pages later I was surprised of the deeper impact the book had just revealed and how much I could personally relate to the characters, thoughts, situations, etc. I was especially surprised that this character was facing a reawakening in his career as an elite athlete- extremely similar to my predicament going from racing at an elite level to an injury which makes me read this book, on this day. I sat in awe for a little while, trying to take it in, then got up and walked on to my back porch. All of a sudden I realized how beautiful the day was, a warm breeze carried a sweet spring scent, birds sang all around in the trees. I decided that this little experience was too good to forget or not share. So not knowing what else to do I went upstairs to post a Facebook post letting everyone know my experience. I was surprised that this was the first time I had actually taken in the beauty around me, especially with all of this down time. I wanted to let people know it is important for them to slow down and look around as well. When I went to open my laptop I heard my phone rang from downstairs. I thought it was my dad, who I could have simply called back. Though for some reason (mind you my knee is still very limiting and I am nowhere near recovered) I was jumping down stairs on my good leg skipping steps trying to get to the phone before I missed the call. When I got to my phone I notice the caller was a number I had never seen before, or even knew was a phone number. It was from 116. I thought it was a scam, but was curious of the circumstances so I picked up. It was a hospital trying to contact me about a large bill I didn't know about. I am young and my dad deals with that stuff, so I told her I didn't know anything about it. She asked if I would find out, I agreed and hung up. While putting my phone away I had repeated the strange number out loud, "116". Seconds after, I was putting my phone in my pocket when I caught the home screen. I instinctively read the time out loud, though for some reason I read it backwards. The time was 6:11. I was freaked out and through my phone on the stair above me. I was overcome with a strange emotion of awe and bewilderment, thinking that this string of experiences was the most coincidental I've ever had. If this doesn't seem like evidence of a higher energy, I don't know that does. If I think about all of factors leading up to me reading that book, and the following things, starting two months ago with my injury, I am very amazed.
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Date submitted:Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:18:10 +0000Coincidence ID:8510