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serendipity
noun [U]
FORMAL
the lucky tendency to find interesting or valuable things just by chance (Cambridge Dictionaries Online)

I have always loved the concept of Serendipity ever since I first read Serendipity of the Serendipity Book series when I was about 6 or 7. I loved the story of the dragon and I loved the way the word itself felt in my mouth, rolling out in little clips. It was a word, a concept that felt uniquely mine, the special way your birthday month feels when someone says it. Any mention of the word 'October' and my ears perk up...same goes for the word serendipity. I've always found numerous instances throughout my life that seem serendipitous (is that a word?) Perhaps it is because I (erroneously?) apply the word to events as well as things. Take for example my experience in church yesterday. Was it serendipitous that the day I decided to go, was the day they were discussing the issues closest to my heart? Or was it serendipitous that the latecomer who sat next to me was an interpreter and soon became my network for other deaf members of the congregation? How about the time I went to the DMV to register my car and the desk clerk was also involved in the deaf community and invited me to the annual area picnic, thus beginning a new friendship that I had never expected or planned for? What about the fact that my co-intern is also a single mother in a similar predictament? (By the way, we have lots of coffee together!!)How about the best friend of an interpreter who happened to have a house for me to rent in a community that functions similarly to the family I had just left, thereby setting up the possibility of a home-based support, which is so important to me? I guess some would say it was coincidence, or good luck or good things come to those who look for them, or you get what you give, and so on. But it has always seemed somewhat more magical to say that it was serendipity. I think it is mostly a state of mind...if you are open to new people, places and things, then you are likely to find them where you need them. I had a void in my life and serendipity has found a way to fill it.
posted by Candice at 4:33 PM