3 Huge Coincidences

I pay attention to coincidences, take them as the gospel. If the universe is re-arranging itself to show me something that beat all the odds of ever happening I just nod and go "I see", you are trying to tell me something! If the coincidence is HUGE then, well, God herself is talking to me.  These are three giga-normous coincidences I have had happened to me:

1) THE BAG:

It's the summer of 2006 I am at a 'wizards' camp. Yes Wizard camps do exist and I went to one. Loved it too. But I digress. There are about 200 people in the room when suddenly we are told to sit down, quickly.

I sit next to Tom and we meet and greet.  He tells me he is upset because he left his bag with new purchase by his hote rooml door and now the bag is gone.  I think he is quite silly to have done such a thing, why didn't he put it inside the room? But I say something about talking to the volunteers and then we let it go, the workshop continues.


I like what the presenter tells us and decide to buy her CD. She only takes cash which forces me to go get it in my room. As I open my room's door I notice across the hallway a bag right outside the door of a neighbour as per the description of Tom.

I go back and tell Tom: "Your bag is right there!" I just saw it.  What floor are you on? He says.  I'm on the second. Tom was lodged on the 4th.

How did I get from a dispersed room to sit down right next to him? Why did he tell me about the bag and not the person to his left? Why did I then go upstairs and saw the bag on the second floor when it was supposed to be in the fourth floor?

What I took from it:  "What you put your focus on expands".  I was at a 'wizards' camp, we were trained to look for signs from the universe.  Believe what you may but I took it as confirmation that if we are paying attention then the coincidences begin to show up a lot more in our lives.

And they did

2) THE CAR:

I come back from work one hot summer day in 2007. The train lands in Brick Church, New Jersey. I am tired, sweaty and ready for bed.  I slowly descend into the dirty parking lot, hit the beep thingy that opens the doors automatically and sit inside my Elantra.

I notice that my car is no longer shift, it is now automatic.  Not only that but the interior is beige instead of gray.

I am in someone else's car!

I lift my hands up in the air in case the police is about to shoot me and get out of the car slowly.  At that time I see a man two cars to my right also coming out of an exact car, hands in the air, scared to death.  He is about 70.  We look at each other with that quizzical look of "wtf"? We laugh it all out, get into our cars. We go our separate ways.

What I took from it: No idea. The synchronicity and perfect timing of this one (we both beeped our cars open at the exact same time) was too much.  Maybe this coincidence was trying to tell me that I was unconscious, not paying much attention.  What do you make of it?

3) THE CUTE JEWISH GUY

I am on my fourth date with James in early 2009.  I like him and have invited him over for brunch to my house. We are to meet at the Borders book store on Penn Station but I arrive about half an hour earlier.

James had told me that his most recent book was called "The Forever Portfolio". He said it was full of autobiographical and personal stories. Gossip alert. I've got half an hour in my hands and I am curious. I sneak into the "Investment" area, eyes wide open, browsing for Altucher.

There are 3 Forever Portfolios in stock. Lucky girl.  I chose the first one on the left, open it and see this:

For a moment I get completely paranoid.  Did he get here before me? Did he plant it there?  But he is nowhere to be seen. I decide to calm down and sit down.  I start reading.  The book opens with the story of his apartment being buried in ashes after the September 11 attacks.  Then it is time to meet him.

I go downstairs and find him, tell him I was going to ask him to autograph a copy of his book for me, but he has unknowingly already done so.  Then I show him the book.  He says: "Guess that settles it".

Later he told me he had done this to only one book a few months earlier and out of boredom.

Some people did not believe me.  They suggested I go back and look at the other two books on the shelf. Maybe they all said the same.  I did.  one said: This is the best book in the world.  The other one said: I hope you make a lot of money.

What I took from it:  James

What big coincidences have you had? and what do you make of them?