29 Mar 2008

'SERENDIPITY'

How many had heard about the word 'Serendipity'..? I am sure many must have heard it before if not definetely must have deal with the complicated word 'Destiny/ Fate/ Coincidence' in our life and used to wonder what it is all about...

But before I get into the nerve of the subject, let me tell you that there is one beautiful romantic movie 'Serendipity' directed by Peter Chelsom & written by Marc Klein. It is about a man and a woman who meet by a stroke of fate, and how fate brings them together finally. So if anyone missed seeing this movie can surely watch the beautiful picturisation of 'Serendipity' on screen.

Now we all know whenever an uncanny moment happens or when something happens that gives us goose pimples we say 'What A Coincidence' ! In other words what we experience the very moment is called a 'Serendipity'.

In our day to day life we happen to experience this so often..like thinking of someone and then soon you get a call/mail from that person or talking about someone and then they show up happens a lot. Doesn't it? Life is an ongoing story and we never know why things are unfolding in the way they do.

Sometimes, we miss a bus/train/flight and keep on cursing . But to our utter shock, we may realize later that we have been escaped a bizarre accident when we missed the trip. On the fateful day of 9/11 many must have escaped the World Trade Centre attack in this way. You can never tell, “why strange things happen. Often things we consider to be terrible plights are blessings in disguise.

We often wonder about serendipity, when things happen so strangely yet so perfectly that it leaves us scratching our heads with the feeling that there is somebody out there pulling the strings? Is it a Coincidence or God's Invisible Intervention or was it really meant to happen? How do you interpret it? What coincidences have influenced in our life so far?

If things happen for a reason then that THING which is meant to happen happens. Especially when it is part of our destiny and appears to us to be merely a coincidence or even as an accident. Whatever path you are on in life and whether you believe in serendipity or not, you will find that in truth, there is much we can't predict. Sure, we can set goals and create our own futures but there will always be instances we have no control over.

Till date does anyone know the future with absolute precision? Is serendipity destiny or just pure coincidence? You decide...but life surely has a wonderful way of making things happen and change your life in a particular way..


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