Miracles and Gut Instinct: The Stories That Give Cayden Ryan Goosebumps
A young miner on why he believes in miracles — the Golden Gate Bridge survivor, the friend who 'just knows' when to call, and learning to trust the feeling in your gut.
For all his hard-headed talk about money and work, Cayden Ryan has a softer, more searching side — and it comes out when the conversation turns to miracles. "I believe in miracles," he says. "I've heard too many stories where something's happened that can't be anything else."
The Golden Gate story
The one that clearly moved him most is about a man at the Golden Gate Bridge — a place with a tragic reputation, where survival is almost unheard of. As Cayden tells it, the man arrived in despair, crying, and no one stopped to ask if he was okay. He climbed the rail, and in the instant he jumped, he says he heard something — a voice telling him it's not your time.
He hit the water and survived. And now, the story goes, he travels around talking to schools about depression and suicidal thoughts — glad, in the end, that he's still here.
Cayden's reaction to telling it is the tell: "I had goosebumps everywhere. Every time I hear a story like that, I'm the same."
The friend who "just knows"
The second story is closer to home, and it's about intuition. Cayden has a mate who is notoriously hard to reach — won't answer the phone, calls back the next day. But every so often, that same mate gets a feeling. Once, when Cayden was driving, upset and not really thinking straight after a hard time, the phone rang. It was his mate: Where are you? What's up? Cayden hadn't said a word to anyone. "Something was just telling me I had to call you," the mate said.
He's done it for his own family, too. No voice, exactly — just "this real weird feeling" that someone needs him, and an urge to check that he refuses to ignore.
The takeaway: listen to it
Both stories point Cayden to the same practical conclusion: pay attention to the quiet signal. He talks about the two voices in your head — the one nudging you toward something, or away from it — and admits he doesn't always listen, but knows he should.
You don't have to share his beliefs to take the point. Sometimes the most important thing you do all week is act on a small feeling that someone needs a phone call. As Cayden puts it, it takes about seven seconds: "Hey, bro, just making sure you're okay." It costs almost nothing — and once in a while, it's everything.
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