HAPPY ACCIDENTS

Appreciation of the unexpected events that add sparkle to your day !

Happy Accidents spice up a mundane day !  They are sometimes more important than the tasks on one’s to-do list.  In my own day planner ,  I have begun dedicating a section to “Happy Accidents” and listing them.  I am surprised at their frequency,  intensity , and the joy they generate.  ((Sometimes of course ,  there are just accidents without the “happy” prefix , but we can save Curved Balls for another post 😊  )) 

Happy Accidents make your heart sing and almost believe in magic.  Synchronicity at its most active with coincidences you cannot explain.   Blessings ? Good Karma ?  Or just a generous universe ?   Unexpected phone calls , old friends reaching out ,   chance meetings  ,   events that align , pieces of information shared or gleaned ,   Discount sales in stores when you needed them .   Your subconscious giving you solutions to problems when you least expect it.   Even those red herrings that in hindsight proved to be massive character-catalysts .   

I am learning to calibrate my antenna ,  look for and learn from the happy accidents I encounter daily.  I anticipate them with eagerness .   Not a day passes without one.   
Ranging from the major - Meeting my husband-to-be across the seas ,  within two years of relocating from Kuwait to Bangalore in 1978.  Applying for Australian immigration on a whim owing to a scheduled annual vacation cancellation.    
To the Minor -  Going out to buy jeans – parking next to the clothes aisle in this big mall , trying out , loving and purchasing the very first pair we see , 
The beautiful oriental urn found in a thrift shop yesterday 

J-O-Y precedes most happy accidents , big and small
J – Jauntiness and Joviality
O – Openness
Y – a YES mentality

In a moment of tranquility , sit back and recall some of the best happy accidents in your life .  Today ? Last week ? Through the years ?   Isn’t it uncanny how some of the best things that ever happened to us were totally out of our control and unplanned ? The hand of God at work. 

Maybe a little cheesy , but worth remembering in these pandemic times, that  

Something wonderful is (usually) always on the verge of happening.
                                                   -  Micheal Beckwith