No Real Coincidences in Life-Daily Meditation August 4, 2023

Today’s quotation:

There are no real coincidences in life for those with faith strong enough to recognize coincidences for what they are:  intricate pieces of the providential design God created for each of our lives.-Delia Parr
Love’s First Bloom

Today’s Meditation:

I used to believe in coincidences, but I’m not sure I do anymore.  I wouldn’t say that they don’t happen, but I’m more inclined to think that situations that seem to be coincidences may be caused to occur in ways that we don’t understand.  I’ve seen too many things happen that make sense in my life and the lives of others for me to think that they’ve been simply chance.

We’ve all heard about and read about the concept of things that we “send out” into the universe coming back to us.  Some call it the Law of Attraction, some call it other things, but it’s the idea that we call ourselves certain things based on what we emit.  If we radiate positive energy, we attract positive energy; if we start thinking about our best friend, we run into our best friend or get a call from him or her.  We can call that coincidence, but I like to think that such coincidences are life-sending to us, something that we need now.

Of course, I say, “I like to think that.”  That doesn’t mean that what I think is true.  But there is a value in feeling this way:  it allows us to see coincidences as possible learning experiences when we’re willing to step back a little bit and ask ourselves why this sure thing just happened.  Was there a lesson that we needed to learn?  A piece of information that needed to be passed on?  Or was this just something that we really needed at this moment, running into this person?

Life gives terrific things to us all day, every day.  Often, though, we discount them as “merely” coincidence rather than seeing them as the gifts they are.  I hope that as I keep on going through life, I learn to recognize those gifts and learn from them and enjoy them as true blessings, for my life will grow richer and fuller as I do so.

Questions to consider:

Why do so many people call things “coincidence” when there’s something important to learn from the situation?

How might a coincidence bring a vital lesson or blessing into your life? 

What’s the last coincidence that you remember?  Did you learn anything from the event?

For further thought:

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has a purpose.  There are no mistakes or coincidences; all events are blessings from which we learn.-Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross.

If you missed our last Daily Meditation, it is here.