tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post3265212362021833145..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: CoincidencesLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-21484789713629348952009-04-03T12:45:00.000-04:002009-04-03T12:45:00.000-04:00;) When I was a kid, I actually knew a family who ...;) When I was a kid, I actually knew a family who lived in a yurt, which I thought was incredibly cool. That, combined with an insane desire for Bilbo Baggin's home from "The Lord of the Rings" movie, is certainly what has driven me to want a round house. I already know <I>where</I> I'm going to build it. Now I just have to figure out the <I>when</I>. Oh, and win the lottery or something.<BR/><BR/>Ha! My word verification is "bitterr." Oh, how appropriate is that?A.M.S.http://ourowncreation.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-37526417061071633422009-04-02T10:55:00.000-04:002009-04-02T10:55:00.000-04:00I see these coincidences that happen to you period...I see these coincidences that happen to you periodically as a very natural occurrence.<BR/><BR/>You carry the energy of connection. Your blog, as a hub, is out outgrowth of your nature.<BR/><BR/>And the Universe is just a web of interconnections between seemingly separate entities (that are not really separate).<BR/><BR/>So I am not surprised that these uber-connections happen to you.<BR/><BR/>I am more surprised that they don't happen more often.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-55045972033614572982009-04-02T09:30:00.000-04:002009-04-02T09:30:00.000-04:00I tend to err towards the chaotic marvel approach ...I tend to err towards the chaotic marvel approach - solar flares - etc. Things happen like this because the universe is strange in unimaginable ways. Ways which are both random and meaningless, and at the same time provide insights into the grand and elusive law which shapes this strange and unimaginable nature. Rambling.<BR/><BR/>But the real value of coincidences is not to be found externally, but internally. Sit with it for a bit. No doubt you will discover (or rediscover) something about yourself.<BR/><BR/>BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-76219083750474170122009-04-02T00:28:00.000-04:002009-04-02T00:28:00.000-04:00I think that the coincidences are you getting clos...I think that the coincidences are you getting closer to 'the energy' behind it all, my version of god. Like we are all in motion and our waves sometimes dip into the energy and it affects us. I love the coincidences!!Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429523561110549140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-73707412835988648582009-04-01T23:46:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:46:00.000-04:00I love stones. And secret stories. And hidden mea...I love stones. And secret stories. And hidden meanings. And the way we all coincide with one another in this crazy place, sometimes overlapping in strange and unexpected ways...it's all so wonderful and cool!Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177178792621340014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-66266090747293733412009-04-01T23:05:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:05:00.000-04:00I love stories like this. To me , It means we are...I love stories like this. To me , It means we are all connected in more ways than we are able to see/feel. So we have a word that describes it coincidences.AwkwardMomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854477296635420810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-25766309428886045232009-04-01T21:42:00.000-04:002009-04-01T21:42:00.000-04:00What does it all MEAN?!Um, I don't know. But I hop...What does it all MEAN?!<BR/><BR/>Um, I don't know. But I hope you bought a lottery ticket just in case.Iohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918928563224342054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-43966205007293735522009-04-01T21:41:00.000-04:002009-04-01T21:41:00.000-04:00When things like this happen, it seems to be feast...When things like this happen, it seems to be feast or famine. Maybe they do all mean something- to you? Maybe they are just that- coincidences. I thought the one about the bmother hometown was especially eery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-51176579758595558092009-04-01T19:42:00.000-04:002009-04-01T19:42:00.000-04:00I've been thinking a lot about this. part of me de...I've been thinking a lot about this. <BR/><BR/>part of me deeply believes that "coincidences" are not random occurrences at all, but our acknowledgement of the forces at play in the universe. <BR/><BR/>this conflicts with the other part of me that refuses to believe that everything is 'supposed to' happen 'for a reason,' when I really think that sometimes shit just effing happens. <BR/><BR/>maybe "coincidences" are simply our awareness of how connected everything really is. (similar to what some others are saying.)<BR/><BR/>when we first met K, we spent a LOT of time talking about all the events that led us to each other. some were seemingly perfect random acts in each of our lives. but each had the consequence of bringing us closer together. <BR/><BR/>that day we agreed that none of us viewed those events as totally random "coincidences.' rather, it truly felt as if the gravitational pull of the universe was bringing us closer and toward one another. there were just SO many signs, it was inescapable that we were to meet... <BR/><BR/>when we answered the question why we wanted to adopt THIS baby (as opposed to any baby), it was SO clear to us why. aside from really liking K as a person, there are linkages throughout our lives that we can point to that just made it so easy to see our connection. remind me to tell you about them sometime...lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-40459894855519100902009-04-01T17:13:00.000-04:002009-04-01T17:13:00.000-04:00My personal theory on coincidences (and deja vu) a...My personal theory on coincidences (and deja vu) are that they occur like this only when you are on track in your life, when you are moving forward in a way that was designed for you.<BR/><BR/>xoxEden Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937511046069347576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-5129719692442025262009-04-01T16:36:00.000-04:002009-04-01T16:36:00.000-04:00Sometimes I think of coincidences as God trying to...Sometimes I think of coincidences as God trying to tell me something, or I'm supposed to see something. Not all of those coincidences need to be connected to see that they have meaning for you. <BR/><BR/>Maybe even just to show you how small the world is. Have you been feeling like the world or your world is out of control or too big? These things combined make me think that the world is, indeed, a SMALL place and that we are all connected somehow.<BR/><BR/>JMO.<BR/>MelissaMama Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731917736362150072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-36952082290427878342009-04-01T13:46:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:46:00.000-04:001) You MUST see "I Heart Huckabees" if you haven't...1) You MUST see "I Heart Huckabees" if you haven't already. All about the coincidences.<BR/><BR/>2) I'm thinking of the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin muses (I paraphrase) - either everything has meaning, or nothing does, and I don't know which is scarier.<BR/><BR/>3) I like what Serenity said.eep6@cornell.eduhttp://www.projectprogeny.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-75551040673642217402009-04-01T13:33:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:33:00.000-04:00I had to go read the short story because for the l...I had to go read the short story because for the life of me I couldn't understand why you used the word "confrontation." I had never read that story before.<BR/><BR/>*shaking head to get out of it*<BR/><BR/>I, too, like Mrs. Hingrens thought of coincidences as solar flares. They just remind us that we're all interconnected, no matter how much we might think we're alone. It's comforting, actually.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you just needed a reminder that your experiences, your ideas, the things that make you YOU... connect you to others.Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765237663006604157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-30892460465060334762009-04-01T13:02:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:02:00.000-04:00I'm the wrong person to comment on these things be...I'm the wrong person to comment on these things because I don't take coincidences seriously at all. I follow the poet's advice <BR/>"I believe in the world as in a daisy,<BR/>Because I see it. But I don’t think about it,<BR/>Because to think is to not understand.<BR/>The world wasn’t made for us to think about it"<BR/>Alberto Caeiro (The Keeper of Sheep)<BR/><BR/>Sorry! Felt like sharing some Portuguese poetry here.Raggedy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627860038151160997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-89777238912920282002009-04-01T12:55:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:55:00.000-04:00Is it a coincidence that I've been thinking a lot ...Is it a coincidence that I've been thinking a lot about coincidences lately, including this morning, right before I read your post?babyinterruptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691284568281459525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-66615460125330989062009-04-01T12:52:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:52:00.000-04:00I research a group of people who live in yurts, an...I research a group of people who live in yurts, and you do not want a trad. yurt in the Mid-Atlantic US (waaay too humid, even without the cricket issue). But many people in Siberia build wooden, octagonal yurt-shaped houses with a very similar vibe and internal layout.<BR/><BR/>I'll happily email you an old 19th century photo, if you're curious...Shinejilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353174053245279899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-46497015927219402762009-04-01T12:37:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:37:00.000-04:00I love stuff like this - kind of a way of knowing ...I love stuff like this - kind of a way of knowing you're not "alone" and someone is thinking of you if that makes any sense? <BR/><BR/>When dh and I bought our first house in Idaho, we ended up moving into the same neighborhood as one of my former babysitters when I was growing up in Colorado. I use to babysit her best friend's kids when I was a teenager. Her oldest daughter ended up babysitting my oldest child. She also turned out to be the lactation consultant who made a huge difference for me when my preemie daughter was born and I had a lot of difficulties getting her fed. I was even baptized on the same day/at the same place and time as her youngest brother when we were both 8. <BR/><BR/>Pretty cool!JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-92001927578022029842009-04-01T12:08:00.000-04:002009-04-01T12:08:00.000-04:00I love what Mrs Higrens says, "I think coincidence...I love what Mrs Higrens says, "I think coincidences are like solar flares. They spring up for no apparent reason, and then disappear just as quickly but have the power to affect things far outside their apparent range."<BR/><BR/>I see the connections. How could anyone miss them? But, I'll be damned if I know what they mean.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-18681793296467752142009-04-01T11:51:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:51:00.000-04:00I've experienced many such coincidences -- in my l...I've experienced many such coincidences -- in my life I call them signs. They occur around specific (and always important) life events/paths but don't, in my mind, point to any answers or explanations about said events/paths. Instead, I look at them as reinforcement (for me) that everything, everyone, is connected . . . and that my existence in the universe (along with everyone else's), though SO infuriatingly insignificant, matters.Lisahttp://www.infertileground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-66864962806862812712009-04-01T11:42:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:42:00.000-04:00I believe that coincidences like this are proof th...I believe that coincidences like this are proof that there is a bigger force at work in our lives, that things are not as random as we tend to believe they are.<BR/><BR/>I LOVE the Carver quote. I'm working right now on appreciating those small but good things in place of dwelling on the big but nasty things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-3060660892881013772009-04-01T11:07:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:07:00.000-04:00I have started a bussiness. Very slowly last year....I have started a bussiness. Very slowly last year. I write older peoples lifestories. I love the work but I am quite scared by the whole sell yourself thing that comes with ones own bussiness. last year i saw a drawing of a leave that an american artis made with late fragment by raymond carver next to it ( I am not american and no native english speaker so it was fresh for me). I purchased the imagerights to use it as a bussinesslogo. This last few months the bussines starts to mature and I just told my mentor it feels like I am slowly starting to blossom because it failing starts to become scarier then succeding. <BR/><BR/>And now I read your post...and it is kind of weird. <BR/><BR/>Oh my number one stressreliever...<BR/><BR/>Baking..(I think I delurked for this> I have to many infertile friends and I read to be a better friend)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-75148608123151736302009-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:002009-04-01T11:00:00.000-04:00I thought you'd like this quote by Carl Jung: "Whe...I thought you'd like this quote by Carl Jung: "When coincidences pile up in this way, one cannot help being impressed by them -- for the greater the number of terms in such a series, or the more unusual its character, the more improbable it becomes."Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249032117071588918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-16610277963400709932009-04-01T10:58:00.000-04:002009-04-01T10:58:00.000-04:00I love those sort of coincidences. My father alwa...I love those sort of coincidences. My father always talks about the concept of synchronicity which says that events may happen together which are unlikely to be related, and may have meaning because we decide they have it. Anyway, bad explanation, but I am sure you're familiar with the concept. When things like you describe happen, I always feel like I'd better pay attention, because the universe is showing me something! :)<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>CarrieCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249032117071588918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-26479346637968021552009-04-01T09:46:00.000-04:002009-04-01T09:46:00.000-04:00I get them, but usually they're connected to my br...I get them, but usually they're connected to my brother, so I like to think that he's trying to talk to me.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157239516168591352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-10399675045140013342009-04-01T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-01T09:36:00.000-04:00Perhaps you were experiencing a spurt of ESP...Perhaps you were experiencing a spurt of ESP...areyoukiddingmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107214079237461141noreply@blogger.com