Synchronicity

You know those moments when things unexpectedly fall into place and everything feels “right” with the universe?  You think about someone you haven’t spoken to in a while, and then they call you or send you an email. You come across a word you’ve never heard before, and suddenly it’s everywhere. You hear about something unlikely or odd, and similar things pop up all over. You’re looking for it (whatever “it” is) – maybe without even realizing you’re doing so – and then you find it.

Carl Jung coined the word “synchronicity” to describe those “significant coincidences” we have all experienced. He believed synchronicity was a connection among our social, emotional, spiritual, and psychological selves and the physical world. Relationships between things arise that can’t be proved to be a result of cause and effect. It’s when worlds collide!

I love the idea. It’s not something I can prove scientifically, but I’ve certainly experienced it. It’s more than “serendipity” (the happy accident). Synchronicity to me is no accident at all: It’s the perfect example of how powerful our thoughts can be – that they can make manifest all that is strangely unique and wonderful in the world.