A Strange Case Of Uncanny Timing: July 28, 2010 - The universe uses bike messengers? Who knew?!!

What does it mean?

You've been thinking about somone. Somone you haven't heard from in weeks, months or even years, and within a short period of time you receive some kind of communication from them. Twice I received letters from a woman I had worked with years before within a day of thinking about her for the first time in a long period of time. The second instance I even stopped in front of the mailbox and had the idea that there was going to be a letter from her because it had already happened once and sure enough, there was a letter in the box. My question is obvious. What is this phenomenon that boils down to a "Strange Case Of Uncanny Timing"?

Is it God? Is it the Universe? Entanglement? Are our brains Quantum computers? Is it the "Law of Attraction"?, or is it all nothing more than a coincidence? Carl Jung called it synchronicity and it happens all the time. Does it happen to you? It happens to me and I find myself wondering "What does it mean?". Decide for yourself as you follow my diary of another "Strange Case Of Uncanny Timing", also known as a S.C.O.U.T!

Friday, August 5, 2011

July 28, 2010 - The universe uses bike messengers? Who knew?!!

Background - It was Sunday night, the first night of our annual one week beach vacation, and I had an awesome dream. In the dream I was in one of my favorite movies with one of my favorite actors! I woke up almost laughing at how much fun, and how bizarre, the dream had been. The movie I dreamed of was “The Land of the Lost”, but for the life of me I couldn’t remember the actor’s name. It was driving me nuts because he’s one of my favorite actors and it was ridiculous that I couldn’t remember his name. I tried over the next two days to remember, without success, as my frustration built; there never seemed to be anyone around to ask and help me figure out his name when the subject popped into my head. So, I just continued to shake off the frustration generated by this memory lapse and trusted that it would come to me.

S.C.O.U.T. - On the third day, my husband and I were taking our morning walk down the coastal highway and a couple approached us from the opposite direction on bikes. By the time we moved aside to let them pass I could hear that they were talking to each other but not WHAT they were saying. The moment they rode past us, the man turns to woman and yells “Will Ferrell”! It was the ONLY part of the conversation I was able to hear. My first thought was “Ahhh! That’s his name”, and the second was YGTBKM (you’ve got to be kidding me)!!!

I was left to ponder the strange way in which the answer to my burning question had appeared.

My goofy dog Scout was in Turkish prison (i.e. the kennel) and therefore has no knowledge of this strange coincidence. Due to the fact that I would be telling him where we were while he was locked up, I think I’ll just keep this one to myself.