Think about all of the projects or things you have achieved that you consider successful. Did you follow a pre-determined roadmap to get there? Probably not. Most of the time it is the path that hasn’t even shown itself that is the best one for us to take.
Many of us have taken the unconventional path that revealed itself to us, and that is what made all the difference. However, this path is usually not the one that appears with a bright flashing light above it that says, “The road to success — enter here.” This path is one that if you had really tried to plan things out, you probably would not have chosen.
This is where Serendipity usually comes in and shows her face. If you are open to and cognizant of serendipity, you can let in unlimited possibilities. Serendipity is something that is not so easily defined. According to Wikipedia it is defined by “a fortuitous happenstance” or a “pleasant surprise.” I feel it goes to levels that are much deeper and unchartered than this. This definition implies that there is no rhyme or reason for it, that it is random, and it is positive.
But I think serendipity has a major component to it that is not found in any common definition — Energy. The energy associated with serendipity is one that comes from within and is not external.
It comes from within because all serendipitous events only happen after we have opened our minds to the possibility that things can be done another way and that perhaps the way that we had thought initially or even what we thought about the entire subject, may not be the right way.
If we do not open our minds to those possibilities, serendipity can never occur.
Excerpted from The OM Factor: A Woman's Spiritual Guide To Leadership by Alka Dhillon, SelectBooks. Copyright © 2015 by Alka Dhillon
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