Two Coincidence Examples

Two coincidence examples via JC.

"Here's a couple of coincidences.

The first one. About 10 years ago I first contacted my great aunt, who told me my father's great grandmother and her sister, Faith and Phoebe, had come from England, a small village called Morchard Bishop. I phoned my sister, who had recently moved from America to England to tell her. Without knowing anything about these ancestors my sister had also named her two daughters Faith and Phoebe and had bought her house there, two miles from Morchard Bishop.

Another little one. When we were very little kids my brother and I were given silver dollars by a visiting guest. In a fight with him I threw his coin into the garden. In looking for the coin later that day a grown-up said take a rock and throw it where you threw the coin. I (a lousy throw) threw a rock and it landed on the coin, which popped into the air like a tiddlywink and I was able to find it."

- JC

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How To Find Lucky Serendipity And Coincidences

I was reading an article in the Daily Mail about good luck and serendipity. This got me thinking as to how similar coincidences and synchronicity are to serendipity.

My dictionary quotes serendipity as: The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. Which, in a way, is similar to coincidences - though they may not always be fortunate happenings.

My blogging friend Terri Patrick described serendipity as "the lighter, fun side of coincidence while synchronicity is the scientific tool."

The article I mentioned told of a way to 'Prime yourself for chance.' But really you could almost substitute the word chance for coincidences or even synchronicity. Anyway, see what you think:

"Serendipity smiles upon people who have a more relaxed approach to life. They have clarified their long-term goals, but don't worry too much about the details.

Once they've pinpointed the ultimate goal, they believe there are many ways to get there. This requires openness to life's surprising twists and turns as well as cognitive and behavioural flexibility.
An open person heads to the dog park thinking he might encounter a new friend, business partner or romantic interest. A closed person sees only dog owners.

You can increase your opportunities for luck by having a large network of friends and by being flexible. Take varied routes to work or go to different places for coffee rather than 'the usual'.

Exploring new territory naturally increases good fortune. And try to keep your mood positive. Anxiety gives us tunnel vision; while we are focusing on a potential danger we miss extraneous, but potentially beneficial, information."

Now isn't that virtually a recipe for also experiencing more meaningful coincidences?

You can read the full Mail article here.

Photo: Kenneth Allen

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