Serendipity
Stepping on the train yesterday was far different from a few days before.
Currently, I commute into Edinburgh to work with Standard Life Aberdeen, for a few days each month. The train is always crammed full with people – catching up on social media, reading a free newspaper or listening to their tunes.
Yesterday was unconventional.
It was a public holiday.
The train was quiet.
On the platform, I met a friend. Although, we see each other regularly, we rarely talk for more than a few seconds. Boarding the train together, we then sat together and spoke for 40 minutes on our commute into the city.
Serendipity – “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.”
We talked. We listened. We talked. We listened. We talked and then listened some more. We both recognised the power of open, honest heartfelt communication.
Serendipity, in fact, is the chance to be in the right place at the right time with the right people, so that good things happen. Yesterday, felt as if our conversation was of some significance in our lives – as if it was the most important one we might ever have – because who knows, it may just be.
So much of life depends on chance meetings that can lead in new directions.
Look out for one today.
