Why do coincidences feel so magical?

The universe might be random but there is still meaning to be found.

“a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.” -Meriam Webster Definition of Coincidences

Mid-pandemic, I was at a real low and started asking everyone I came in contact with where they found hope. The will to go on had faded into the background with the forefront illuminating global pain and suffering. People said things like, “Kindness,” “Nature,” “Connection,” “Disconnection,” and “Enguniuity.” Ever since Dorothy Santos told me that she finds hope in coincidences I have gotten kinda obsessed with the idea. They feel hopeful right? They feel like a form of confirmation that there is something more than the randomness of life. The fabric that binds us all in time and space shares a greater purpose and reason for being.

These moments of surprise and wonder puncture the ordinary, the stuck feeling that a life lived cannot avoid from time to time. This is not a newsletter to burst any bubbles about the actual probability of coincidence, but rather to gently add some thoughts about the location of meaning found within the delight of connecting the dots.

At this moment, I am searching for a guide through unknown waters. A way to make sense and reason how to make decisions in a world that I will never be able to understand. We are told over and over each day how important our decisions are and that they will change the nature of life as we know it. So why not use coincidences as guide posts in tapping into our value systems?