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Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of synchronicity. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (such as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality.”
Or, as Carl Jung put it, “a meaningful coincidence of two or more events where something other than the probability of chance is involved.” My favorite description comes from a Psychology Today blog: when “the universe winks and nods at you.”
For example, a song you haven’t heard or thought of in ages suddenly pops into your head for no apparent reason. Humming the tune, you get into your car, turn the key in the ignition and that very song is playing on the radio. This has happened to me more than once. Sure, the fact that I work for (and therefore listen to) a classic rock station might have