:: coincidences ::

"I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye."
~~ Chuck, The World According to Chuck weblog, Sep8, 2003

dun you wonder about coincidences too? if you bump into the same stranger six times a day at totally different locations, you might call the first two times "coincidence", but after the 6th time, will you wonder if it's Fate?

its lik my whole confusion n dilemma about god. if one experience a miracle, a phenomenon, or a sudden and fleeting moment of "enlightenment" where a "big picture" appears in your head, is that a mere coincidence, Fate, or something more divine trying to send a message to our mortal soul?

coincidences. it's like a lame way of denying a certain occurence. like if you simply dismiss it as "just a coincidence" it would diminish the whole significance of that which has happened. for example, suppose you're head over heels in love with a certain Someone, and one day you find out that: both of you take the same train at the same time home and to school almost everyday, both of you hav a timetable that allows you to meet up n discuss projects when everyone else cant make it..blah blah blah. isn't it true that for a FLEETING moment you would think:"hey it's as thou' something divine is trying to tell us something..mayb we are fated..".

but then in almost the next moment you dismiss it and say,"neah, it's just a coincidence." and you start to convince urself this by thinkin' you have the same tutorial, same lecture grp, 3same subjects out of 5, with that Certain -uniQue- (ahem) other girl.

do you believe in coincidences? or do you believe that everything happens for a reason and there's no such thing as "coincidence"?

or do you believe in Fate? do you believe in serendipity?