synchronicity

It’s been said that there are no coincidences. While I don’t believe that every coincidence in my life is a sign, I tend to be a bit pragmatic and note that coincidences only have the meaning that we give them. I have though, come to embrace the idea of synchronicity. The possibility that everything in this world is interconnected, and that connectedness often manifests itself in a beautiful string of events. If we pay attention, we can see that inter-connectedness. Other times, it hits us over the head.

My friend Sarah lost a long-time friend of hers in September. She went to the funeral and said her good-byes. It’s hard to lose a friend, especially one who seems too young to die. This week, Sarah got a post-card from her friend. Apparently it had gotten lost in the mail and re-routed, arriving this week.

The postcard said, “I am OK.”