thoughts on the news of the day: serendipity

November 10, 2010

hmmm…..         

            There’s a secret subway stop in New York City that has been tucked away for decades.  It is a beautiful structure that was opened in 1904 but has been closed for many years.  You have to stay on the train instead of stepping out of the doors at the last stop to see it, so lots of folks miss it.

            In a little movie called “Sliding Doors”, a young woman in NYC rides a subway regularly.  Serendipitously she barely makes the sliding door opening and her life goes in an interesting direction.  But the movie also tells a parallel version where she doesn’t get on the train and her life goes a dramatically different way.  Is it fate? Is it coincidence? Is it God’s will for her?  

            We move through our lives encountering situations and circumstances along the way.  I believe that there is a force in the universe that pulls us one way or another; that we have lessons to learn and people to teach as we move along on our journey. 

            Perhaps there are no coincidences in God’s world.  Perhaps people are put in our path for a reason. Perhaps we missed our stop because we are supposed to encounter someone who needs us.  If that were so, wouldn’t we view life in a whole different way? 

            hmmm…..