I recently saw a post on social media about the “Blue Feather Experiment.” The premise is that one would set the intention to see a blue feather. You would then go along your way, not consciously thinking about the intention, but just waiting for it to appear. I decided to try the experiment or out for myself. And here are the results,,,
So I became a member of the “Law of Attraction” group on Reddit and perused the many posts in the group. The one post that caught my undivided attention was one that detailed an experiment that anyone could test out. Indeed I had some previous experiences with this law of attraction and figured it couldn’t hurt to try it out.
I sent the intention out into the Universe: “I would like to see a blue feather.” Then, the hardest part of the experiment – I had to consciously forget the intention and go on about my life. The intention either would or would not come into being and if it did, I knew I would be abundantly aware of it when it did. And off I went,,,
A couple of days had passed and I continued to go on my merry way. I had recently taken up walking again and figured I would likely see a blue feather on one of those walks. A couple of days passed and there was no blue feather to be found. I also was aware that I couldn’t impose a time table on the appearance of the blue feather, I just had to trust the process.
So today I decided to take a walk around the local university and during that journey, I realized I had yet to see a blue feather. I did see something blue in the grass soon thereafter, but upon inspection found out it definitely wasn’t a blue feather. I continued my walk and tried to put the experiment out of my mind.
During the second leg of my walk, I decided I needed to use the restroom and went into one of their buildings to do just that. When I stepped back out of the building, I startled a bird, which flew away. I’ll give you one guess as to what type of bird it was. Yes, it was a blue jay. While I was thinking I would see a blue feather that had detached from a bird, I had seen not one, but several blue feathers still attached to their owner.
At first I wanted to discount this sighting. I had expected to see a solitary blue feather on the ground,,, one that I could pick up and take with me as a sign of the success of the grand experiment. But alas, I had seen several blue feathers and took it that indeed the wish had come true.
I have to admit, I’ll still be looking for a solitary blue feather like I imagined, but at least for today, my intention had come to fruition.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
David Lee 
Hi David. I was just part of the AWE Zoom with you and the others. Your blue feather experiment and story reminds me that we need to keep open as to how Life pours communicates to and through us. I have often found that my prayers are answered, but perhaps not in the way I was visualizing or expecting them to appear. Thus, I turn it over and allow God to be God.
— Mitch
Indeed. The experiment confirmed for me basically what you’ve just said. I need to place and intention and leave it to the Universe as to how it comes to fruition.
Hi David. I was just part of the AWE Zoom call with you and the others. Your blue feather experiment and story reminds me that we need to keep open as to how Life communicates to and through us. I have often found that my prayers are answered, but perhaps not in the way I was visualizing or expecting them to appear. Thus, I turn it over and allow God to be God. –Mitch.