A Strange Case Of Uncanny Timing: September 6, 2010 - Just follow the path...like you have a choice ;)

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!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

September 6, 2010 - Just follow the path...like you have a choice ;)

Background – I posted a new blog entry this morning and shortly thereafter got a wonderful note from an old friend about it. We live right around the corner from each other, but with our busy lives going in different directions, haven’t seen each other in over a year. I was really touched by her note and spent a lot of time that morning thinking about her. My musings were interrupted by son #3 requesting a bike ride to enjoy the beautiful day. He wanted to go right away, but I had some things to get done and managed to put it off for over an hour. Chores completed, I headed out with my impatient son Matt to take that bike ride, all the while thinking of my old friend… perhaps I’ll see her on the path today! What a silly thought as I haven’t seen her in over a year, but I have this funny feeling….

S.C.O.U.T. – Right before you get to the river, there is a long stretch of straight path. Off in the distance I could see a man and a woman walking towards us. A tingle ran down my spine as we got closer and I realized that this couple was my old friend and her husband out for a walk. Not only was it not lost on me the unbelievably uncanny timing of this meeting, but also the fact that had we left the house when my son wanted to leave, over an hour ago, we would have missed them altogether.

Coincidence? Come now, do you really believe that?

My goofy dog Scout loves his walks to the river, but has yet to learn how to ride a bike. Therefore he is still mad at me for choosing this mode of transportation for the outing and won’t comment on the identity of the puppeteer who often seems to be conducting this strange orchestra we call life. He’ll get over it, and perhaps then will reveal the answer to some of these cosmic questions… or not.