I’ve heard people say, “have a blessed day” many times without really knowing what it meant. I guess to me it was just another way of saying, “have a nice day.”
Then there’s another word that we don’t hear too often…”serendipity.” The dictionary definition of serendipity is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
I believe I experienced both of these the other day. As I was getting off the train on Wednesday I ran into a friend of mine from grade school. We hadn’t seen each other in over 40 years, but amazingly she recognized me and I recognized her (after she said her name). She then talked about her memories of being at my house as a little girl and now nice my mother was. I was very surprised she remembered so many details about my mother and I started to cry, because at that moment I felt my mother’s presence more than I have in a long time.; since my mother died over 30 years ago.
Also on Wednesday I was facing what I thought was a hopeless situation about the care of my elderly aunt, when by chance I received a phone call from someone that advised me of the right thing to do and how to do it to solve the problem.
These two serendipitous events made for a very blessed day and I thank the two people I encountered that made it possible…..Thank you so much for allowing me to experience the serendipity of a blessed day!