Jim, such a beautiful piece. This part really hit a chord with me: “ We traverse many afterlives during the span of our lives. And there is no resurrection without the cave which precedes it. The question is, do we see it as a cave, or do we see it as an incubator?”
I’m honored to have crossed paths with you at an inflection point in your career and for your vote of confidence (saying “YES”). Can’t wait to see how the program will shape you!
Maybe it is serendipitous that l read your exploration of synchronicity & saying ‘yes’ when serendipity descends upon you this morning as l have been reflecting on this myself over the last couple of days.✨
I received an email yesterday inviting me to a meeting to discuss an internship which sounds like it will exactly fit my skills & my life path to date and will also fulfill my interest in contributing to other people’s lives. So excited!! 🥳
However, although It is an example of serendipity, similar to you doing this fascinating course with an inspirational mentor, it is not ‘spontaneous serendipity’ in the sense that it was you reaching out at the outset and me doing that too, which led to an exchange which led to a scholarship for you
/invitation to collaborate with a worthwhile organization for me. There is a little groundwork laid first and then when an opportunity presents itself later, there is no decision because what also makes it serendipitous is a gut feeling that ‘absolutely YES’ this is what l want to do now as my life has lead me here. 🙌🏼
On reflection, this is similar to the many other examples when serendipity has swooped in at critical points in my life to lead somewhere that has turned out to have enriched my life and then, in turn led to other serendipitous moments a little way further down the path. 💫 In fact living in Germany now is the result of a meandering path set off by a serendipitous moment in 2015 but which only made sense at that time because of an indirectly-related experience which l was fortunate enough to have as a 16 year old school girl. 🇩🇪
So it is having your antennas up & alert to the potential opportunities life has to offer along the way which can be a precursor to something serendipitous happening further down the line. 🐜
In other words, there seems, to me at least, to be a meaningful relationship between the title you have chosen, “Saying yes to life”, and the serendipity/synchronicity which follows, at some point later. 🔁
Conversely, I wonder if you don’t ‘seize the day’ in the first place, is the potential impact of serendipity lessened? I suspect it is. Maybe someone could do a PhD on it and let both of us know the answer! 🤣🥸
That’s it for now. Your deeply personal reflections really spoke to me so thank you.🙏🤩
Jim, such a beautiful piece. This part really hit a chord with me: “ We traverse many afterlives during the span of our lives. And there is no resurrection without the cave which precedes it. The question is, do we see it as a cave, or do we see it as an incubator?”
I’m honored to have crossed paths with you at an inflection point in your career and for your vote of confidence (saying “YES”). Can’t wait to see how the program will shape you!
Maybe it is serendipitous that l read your exploration of synchronicity & saying ‘yes’ when serendipity descends upon you this morning as l have been reflecting on this myself over the last couple of days.✨
I received an email yesterday inviting me to a meeting to discuss an internship which sounds like it will exactly fit my skills & my life path to date and will also fulfill my interest in contributing to other people’s lives. So excited!! 🥳
However, although It is an example of serendipity, similar to you doing this fascinating course with an inspirational mentor, it is not ‘spontaneous serendipity’ in the sense that it was you reaching out at the outset and me doing that too, which led to an exchange which led to a scholarship for you
/invitation to collaborate with a worthwhile organization for me. There is a little groundwork laid first and then when an opportunity presents itself later, there is no decision because what also makes it serendipitous is a gut feeling that ‘absolutely YES’ this is what l want to do now as my life has lead me here. 🙌🏼
On reflection, this is similar to the many other examples when serendipity has swooped in at critical points in my life to lead somewhere that has turned out to have enriched my life and then, in turn led to other serendipitous moments a little way further down the path. 💫 In fact living in Germany now is the result of a meandering path set off by a serendipitous moment in 2015 but which only made sense at that time because of an indirectly-related experience which l was fortunate enough to have as a 16 year old school girl. 🇩🇪
So it is having your antennas up & alert to the potential opportunities life has to offer along the way which can be a precursor to something serendipitous happening further down the line. 🐜
In other words, there seems, to me at least, to be a meaningful relationship between the title you have chosen, “Saying yes to life”, and the serendipity/synchronicity which follows, at some point later. 🔁
Conversely, I wonder if you don’t ‘seize the day’ in the first place, is the potential impact of serendipity lessened? I suspect it is. Maybe someone could do a PhD on it and let both of us know the answer! 🤣🥸
That’s it for now. Your deeply personal reflections really spoke to me so thank you.🙏🤩