WHERE ALL'S ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS
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Synchronicity I
With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity
A sleep trance, a dream dance,
A shared romance,
Synchronicity
A connecting principle,
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible.
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectible
Yet nothing is invincible.
If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi.
If you act, as you think,
The missing link,
Synchronicity.
We know you, they know me
Extrasensory
Synchronicity.
A star fall, a phone call,
It joins all,
Synchronicity.
It's so deep, it's so wide
Your inside
Synchronicity.
Effect without a cause
Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause
Synchronicity
Sung by The Police
Words & music by Sting
Serendipity ~ Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
Poster at AZ Quotes
Lawrence Block: "Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for."
Erin McKean: "Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult."
I recently had a lovely fall visit with my sister Diane during which we resumed our discussion of the "s" words for all the good coincidences: synchronicity -- when events occur simultaneously and "appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection"; and serendipity -- when events occur and develop "by chance in a happy or beneficial way." I still remember learning the meaning of serendipity, when it appeared as a vocabulary word on a 10th grade typing test! I was the slowest typist in the class, but at least I learned the vocabulary!
Remember that romantic line sung by Rita Coolidge (music by John Barry; lyrics by Tim Rice): Funny how it always goes with love, when you don´t look, you find? Well, that's kind of how it is with serendipity, except that instead of not looking, you are searching for one thing but end up finding another that is even more valuable or agreeable than the original item you were seeking.
And then there's synchronicity. After my sister departed, I sent her a note to let her know how much I was missing her, and to wish her well on the remainder of her travels. She texted back:
"Sweet you. I got your message when we stopped on our way home. We were at a ❤️Love's Travel Stop❤️ at the time. Awwww, right? Earlier we had stopped at Walmart and our cashier's name was "Kitty." What did you call that? Something about the universe synching? Today it did! 😊"
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