Background – I took my youngest to the Newseum today to hang out his aunts and cousins. We were perusing the book store and he found a section which had copies of books that have been banned throughout history. He brought me a copy of the book “A Wrinkle In Time” and told me he had read it in 5th grade and that he had loved it. I was embarrassed because I had never read, or even heard of, this book. I was familiar with or had even read all of the other books in the “banned book” section and was frustrated that I didn’t know this one. I took a minute to puzzle about this and then moved on.
S.C.O.U.T. - Cooking dinner that evening while listening to Teen Jeopardy, I moved out into the family room because I couldn’t hear the questions. I had already missed the previous question, but entered the room in time to hear the answer, and only the answer... “A Wrinkle In Time”! The answer was the very book I had been brooding about only hours before. I had never even heard of this book and here it was twice in one day, not to mention the timing of the moment was such that all I heard was the title of this book. I was stunned as I contemplated whether the Universe was mocking me; if it was just an echo of my thoughts; or, as always, nothing more than just a coincidence. On its face, it seems to have no more meaning than some kind of echo of my earlier thought. Although if you buy into the idea that it is indeed an echo of my thoughts, the implications are once again staggering; and it also confirms there is a lot more going on around us than science has explained thus far! If you don’t “buy in” or see these things in your own life, it’s just another silly coincidence.
My goofy dog Scout votes for the idea that the Universe is mocking me. That doesn’t surprise me one bit.
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