Serendipity

Serendipity, as defined by the online dictionary, is "an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident."

I like this word, I feel like it follows me around a lot.  Or maybe I just pay attention more than some!

I treasure the times when I can connect two people who don't know each other but share common ground. Especially when a new relationship takes off because of that connection I facilitated.

I love shopping in the antique and flea market stores and coming across that perfect missing piece that I didn't know was missing until I found it!

I enjoy reading a good book that stirs up a history chase to find out what's real and what's not in the fiction.  I learn something, and am far more likely to remember it in this context.

I like how the word "serendipity" rolls off my tongue.  It sounds happy, and joyful, and full of energy.  It's a good word to use as my one defining word, and I have the life I have today because of all the serendipitous moments that have occurred along the way.

And it rolls downhill. This post is in honor of my daughter's birthdate today, she who experienced her own wildly serendipitous moment earlier this year that resulted in the purchase of her dream home.