Feb
13
2012
Now every time I pass the meadow near our house I look for the two pheasants we spotted a few days ago. Of course, they are not there. Surprises are just that. They come when you are not looking for them. Serendipity is serendipity. What if you saw everything you were looking for every day. Wouldn’t life be boring? Usually your attention is somewhere else. And there it is–another surprise. Thank God life is not always predictable. What a world it would be if it was?!
Sep
10
2011
My cap rack thrilled me. Now I can collect all my favorite caps and store them in one place. They were everywhere. A neighbor sold me one. I was not looking for it. It “found” me. Just call it serendipity.
Mar
22
2011
Yesterday Lynelle excitedly pointed out a ring necked pheasant across the street. I had never seen one from my house. We watched it cross the street and disappear into our woods. A little over a mile away there is a state game land where they stock ring neck pheasants for the hunters. I considered the sighting “serendipity”. It was a bird I never expected to see in this immediate area. It made my day.
Jan
27
2010
The love we share of music is only by serendipity. My wife and I both intensely love music. We grew up listening to the same artists and groups. She is also a musician, which I am not. The only area she knows better than me is R & B, which I never went out of my way to listen to.
She is the recipient of my DJing every day. And to me there is no greater joy than to share a beautiful piece of music, especially something she never heard. Both of our tastes in music are eclectic: we listen to a broad range of music.
I was responsible for her falling in love again with Peter, Paul & Mary. She listened to the ninety minutes I put together of them on cassette repeatedly.
I have put together dozens of anthologies on cassette culled from my extensive music collection. I must do a good job. The cuts usually blend pretty well and she can’t tell always tell when they have come from different albums.
I have always gone deeply in particular groups and individual performers I have loved. I sometimes surprise her with the material I have recorded of performers she knew well.
I turned her on to British folk rock–a world she had no idea of–Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span. And performers from England like Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and John Tams for starters.
She was the third woman I turned on to Richard Thompson. The second one divorced me. The first one was a friend. And we have gone to several of his concerts. She has fallen in love with his songwriting and guitar playing. We never get tired of him.
To be able to share my deep love of music with my wife is a gift. And I never forget that. It is a real treat. When I am home, the stereo usually is on although I have to admit when I go out, silence reigns. I never take that love we share for granted. It is a real gift.
Jan
13
2010
It was a sunset I almost did not catch. Bountifully gloriously streaked red covered a major part of the sky–the view I caught from my office window. I was awed by the sky’s beauty over the tree tops and my breath was temporarily taken away.
I excitedly called my wife away from her computer to view the sight. She ran for her camera and sought to capture the beauty of the sunset on the camera she was just learning to use, taking picture after picture.
A mere five minutes later the sky became gray. I almost missed this display of God’s finest tapestry. Such beauty! How many other sunsets have I missed because my attention was elsewhere.
Each sunset, each dawn is different each day as if The Lord splashes his colors using different paints each time never to be seen again. We should be so careless and free with our talents.
He, of course, is infinite. And only sometimes do we even get even an inkling of his expanse. Our world too quickly constricts. And then we have to wait for His next moment always there. Let’s consider it serendipity. He is never far away.
Dec
28
2009
I keep looking out my window into the yard for the chukar partridge but no luck. I first saw it Christmas eve, then Christmas again and finally the next morning when I flushed it when I let out my dogs.
Every day since I have been looking for it. I found out it is a game bird, somewhat rare. I will just consider the sighting serendipity. Nevertheless, I will keep hoping to catch a glimpse of it.
Dec
20
2009
My wife is truly my serendipity. God gave me my present wife. I was not looking for another. My first marriage had broken up. She came along when I least expected it.
There is so many reasons I can give why she is a blessing but I will only quickly state a few. She encourages my writing and is also a fine editor. She also makes me laugh. She is not perfect but close.
I could not imagine a life without her. We both love music and grew up in the same time frame so both of us love a lot of the same music. All that is a gift.
She certainly is a “better fit” than my first wife. Most of the time we like each other and laugh a lot together. I consider her “serendipity”. I did nothing to deserve her. This is our seventh Christmas together. She truly is a blessing.
And may I never forget that when there is any tension or conflict between us. When I told my doctor my wife was driving me “crazy”, he said “Don’t all wives do that?!”
Dec
15
2009
I do not have to own every good thing that comes my way. With some things it is very difficult: I collect music and books. There is always another interesting book and another new piece of music I desire.
The trick is to be happy with what you have and occasionally when something comes your way, be happy. One reason coveting is wrong there is no end to it and being perennially dissatisfied is one result.
There is a certain freedom to saying “No!” to good things and there is even another result: more and more you let the universe surprise you when something good falls in your lap.
When you make a conscious effort to be satisfied with your possessions, you allow serendipity and gratitude to enter your life. And peace and contentment may also follow.
Dec
9
2009
Every person gives what they can, when they can, to whoever they can. It is important to have low expectations of your acquaintances (and certainly your friends).
Thus, you can never be disappointed and when one comes through and gives you something unexpectedly (and let us not forget the gift of their time probably the most precious commodity a person possesses), you simply can be grateful and consider it serendipity.
One can not live inside another and know what goes on, what pressures and concerns that person is facing. It is hard enough when you live with someone so you can imagine how difficult it is with someone else.
When another person reaches out to you, you ought to be grateful and accept the gift. Others give what they can, when they can. That does not means you should not try to reach out to others around you.
Just be aware others often do not acknowledge your efforts and certainly do not always return the “favor” to put it one way. You need to love others particularly your neighbors (and even strangers) unconditionally.
A relationship may blossom when you least expect it to. And that is how it usually goes.
Nov
29
2009
I want to thank the people who are in my life. I know most people will never read this and I will leave out people and I realize Thanksgiving has passed but it is never too late to do this. All these people take the “extra step” and I do not want to take any of them for granted.
First the medical team
(1) Dr. Hume for your kindness and helpfulness
(2) Dr. Cornelius for your patience
(3) Dr. Blake for her thoroughness
(4) Dr. Mital for your ability to listen
Then, P & R and Bob and his team who takes care of our cars and keeps them running smoothly I thank you for your honesty and competence and for standing up to your work even when it costs you and most of all for always giving me the time of day when I have a question about my vehicle
For both of my sisters Fran and Marilyn who are always there when I need them
For Tony for your support: you know who you are
For Sara, who I have known for over fifteen years and is one of the reasons I still write for her encouragement never abated
For the audience at the local coffeehouse who laughed at my material encouraging me to continue to find the humorous in everyday situations
For Elizabeth Yon wherever you are and the years you spent moderating our writing group
My two kids who years ago I thought I never would have but they came and have blessed me immeasurably
All the many people who God put in my life including those from my small church who have blessed me with their presence
To Sonya who welcomes everyone at the local post office and gives me one more reason why I want to stay in my small town and Perry county
And most of all for my wife who inspires me and still makes me laugh after all these years and came into my life when I was not looking, who thinks she is better than me at scrabble (she did lose the first ten games she played against me). As an editor she has no equal. My website and blog would never have come into being if it was not for her (she is the webmaster). I “pop” out my bed each morning because of her. And she bakes a pretty “mean” apple pie. She gives me a reason to cook. And that is no small thing. And after six years she still wants to sleep in our bed. I call her “serendipity” although she can really be stubborn (for that matter so can I); nevertheless, I thank the Lord every day for her. I did nothing to deserve her.
Nov
15
2009
I don’t want to squander the seventy degree day in the middle of November. I checked the ten day forecast–still warm for this time of year. Today it is going to hit seventy. It is very unusual to have a day this warm this late in Autumn.
I want to do something unusual this day before the daylight runs out. I have about five hours left before it gets dark. Perhaps I will go fishing somewhere I have never been. It can’t be too far away but I don’t want to waste this unexpected mild weather.
Weather is all by grace. People complain about the weather all the time. I just want to accept whatever comes my way. The weather is always by grace. I know cold weather will come. This day is by serendipity. I will just take advantage of it.
Jul
9
2009
The best discoveries are always when you least expect them. Today I was walking my dog and I picked something off the middle of the road. It was a two inch diameter bird nest. It had to have been built by a ruby-throat hummingbird: it was so small. Somehow it fell off the tree. I had never seen such a small nest before.
Later on in the day, I was driving home after making my daily trek to the post office and a turkey hen and her nine babies passed in front of me to my amazement. I stopped my car, mouth open, and let the baby turkeys pass.
I do not even know what turkey babies are called. What was even more interesting to me was at least half of the babies were a different size: she must have hatched half of her brood at a different time. I had never seen baby wild turkeys before in my life. You never know when the next discovery will come. It is all serendipity.
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