Maybe the Universe Whispers, Not Shouts

I’ve lived most of my life believing things happen because we either make them happen or we learn to deal with them when they don’t. Cause and effect. Effort and consequence.

But lately… I’ve been noticing things.

Not changes, just seemingly unrelated events that seem to echo each other just enough to make me pause. They don’t shout. They don’t demand attention. But they whisper something hopeful.

I have always considered Vietnam my preferred country to visit for it’s people, landscape, food and serenity.

It’s as if life is gently nudging me.

Maybe it took something big to clear the space for all this to happen. Sometimes, when something ends, it feels like everything’s falling apart.

It could be that something needed to shift so the rest could fall gently into place. I’m not saying I wanted the silence, the distance, the hurt. But maybe that chapter had to close so others could quietly begin.

I’ve recently taken an interest in Vietnamese recipes, particularly those mostly vegetable.

A few of these moments have lined up in ways that feel too coincidental to ignore.

And while I’m not calling it fate, nor superstition, I’ll admit — it’s comforting to think that ‘maybe’ life isn’t just a string of random events, but a collection of little patterns waiting for us to notice them. And when we do? Maybe that’s where meaning starts to take shape.

It’s like walking a Kangaroo Island beach, then finding a colourful shell that’s not only pretty, it feels like it was left there just for you.

Yet let me be clear: I’m not suddenly spiritual.

But I do believe sometimes, life offers up a quiet thread of moments, events, people and opportunities. And if we slow down to see it, it can give us hope to keep going, and just enough joy to keep smiling.

Maybe the universe doesn’t shout “Do it now!”
Maybe it just whispers, “It’s time…”

The house I am designing and hoping to build in early 2027 has elements of Vietnamese architecture within it, particularly the modern small yet open home style, designed for two people.