Coincidences

For my birthday, I cruised Barnes and Noble. Being around books and reading 20 or so pages from any book in there is my way to relax when my migraines aren't subsiding or my nerves won't calm down. Seeing as I hadn't slept in days and needed to catch up on all my homework that I fell behind on... I went to calm down in the book store.

I came across a book by Robert Moss, which I bought as my bday gift :) It's called The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination

In the 20 pages I read before deciding to buy it, I read all about instances of coincidence. Some might think this is a little hokey-poky... and I respect that. But if I could tell you some of the things that have been going on since my accident that are just way too perfectly timed to be just a coincidence - you might think differently.

These past two or three weeks alone, I have had some of the most BIZARRE coincidences. Including having a friend from 2005 whom I met during a week long Habitat for Humanity build (in TX) find me on a networking site... the coincidence is that I had completely been thinking about my trip out there and thinking about how I wish I hadn't lost touch while clearing out the numbers in my cellphone DAYS before he found me.

Another was spotting a book that caught my eye - went over and turns out it is EXACTLY who I need to teach me a ton of things that will help me 'change the world' with my research. The coincidences: first page I started to read announced that her therapist shared my lovely first name; it discusses the exact things I had just stumbled on that day and needed more info on; and in one chapter she talked about her summer vacations - IN MY HOMETOWN?! huh??

Last example I'll throw out there. I was trying to find an objective measure for my research on June 25th - found something that might work... might not be it... looking around the cite to see where they're located? Totally came across a convention they were showing this $5,000 machine at: where else but in Boston, at the nursing convention that was held... dun dun dun... June 25th and 26th. (and I still didn't make it down there...)

So the last three days I've been thinking of someone who I held very close to me for many years in college. A few nights ago, I had the best dream reliving some of the time I spent with this person. I haven't felt so comforted and safe in a long time... it was a really great dream where I just couldn't stop smiling and didn't want to wake up. But I have no idea what made me think of this person. Made me miss them, though. A ton. These coincidences lately have made me also paranoid (haha!) I'm going to run into them and not be able to see them because my vision stinks... or I'd actually see them again or hear from them and not know what to say... or they wouldn't recognize me... or it would hurt all over again.

But nothing yet, and maybe I'm just freaking myself out :) hehe With all honesty, though, I'd love to hear from them more than anything these past few days. Or at least send some good Karma their way :)