tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post3025720041289386002..comments2023-11-16T22:46:30.130-08:00Comments on Pontificationism: A few thoughts on Serendipity (with a tip of the hat to..)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-8073778696975184922013-03-01T00:25:32.738-08:002013-03-01T00:25:32.738-08:00Thank you Friko, What a lovely thing to say. Seren...Thank you Friko, What a lovely thing to say. Serendipity seems to have wired my brain for words, which is good, but means I can't draw (and I really really want to be able to! :-) So, it appears we have somewhat of an ambivalence to Serendipity in how we regard it with respect to good fortune and bad luck. Sometimes, when I cycle somewhere and something falls off my bike, causing me to stop and pick it up, I do indeed try to regard it as a possible stroke of luck that resulted in me not being there when an accident might otherwise have befallen me. Perhaps this is my attempt to rationalise the bad into good.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-58825663387886009792013-02-28T15:24:37.203-08:002013-02-28T15:24:37.203-08:00Fate in the form of a Jack Russell is unlikely to ...Fate in the form of a Jack Russell is unlikely to divert you from certain death under the wheels of a bus round here: we haven’t had any of those - buses, I mean - for a long time.<br /><br />Serendipity is a wondrous thing, I blame all my pleasanter experiences on its manifestations.<br /><br />The unpleasant experiences are due to the way the cookie crumbles or possibly ‘sod’s law’. In other words ‘why not me?'<br /><br />I I could speak and write a language (any language) the way you do I’d thank the gods on my knees.<br />Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-43459105430327080662013-02-22T06:23:48.649-08:002013-02-22T06:23:48.649-08:00Yes, Jane & Lance, I hadn't really conside...Yes, Jane & Lance, I hadn't really considered that we only question fate when events are unfavourable. Perhaps to say "Why me?" when good things happen might lead us to a better understanding of how to make more favourable things happen to us, by dint of our attitude. Maybe if the answer was "because I smiled at someone" or "because I was polite and receptive" when someone does us an unsolicited good deed, we might smile or be polite more often. Though of course, I am sure you are always polite and smiling :-)Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-14368450450473205342013-02-22T05:59:22.858-08:002013-02-22T05:59:22.858-08:00Hello:
Serendipity, in our view, is one of Life...Hello:<br />Serendipity, in our view, is one of Life's greatest treasures since we can easily think of many occasions when instead of a prescribed route or action, we have chosen an alternative only to be rewarded with the most marvellous and life-enhancing results.<br /><br />We too believe that 'stuff' happens and remind ourselves when the 'stuff' is bad rather than good that we do not tend to ask 'why me?'when things are going along swimmingly!!!<br /><br />Increasingly, we are also irritated by the suggestions that flow into our email box about what we might like to have/try/buy or what exciting things our 'friends' have done/are doing/will do that we might like to try too.Yes, give us plain chance any day....who knows where that will take us and what fun we shall have along the way!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-13609384285211172362013-02-18T06:55:11.582-08:002013-02-18T06:55:11.582-08:00No, sadly, I am a recent arrival at the door of ph...No, sadly, I am a recent arrival at the door of philosophy. I am afraid my education and experience till now has been purely science and engineering. I don't mind that, but perhaps a bit more exposure to philosophy might be helpful. I will look into Jung. Thank you.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-74512739498466706862013-02-18T06:44:46.157-08:002013-02-18T06:44:46.157-08:00Have you read Jung's take on synchronicity? We...Have you read Jung's take on synchronicity? Well worth the read...soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699796086402523726noreply@blogger.com