i was just gonna’ lurk on
this one, despite my long
readership of steve’s work. . .

then i saw that trolls were
besmirching the memorial — over
at think progress — to his name. . .

so i wrote a lil’ sumpin’ sumpin’. . .
something more befitting
steve gilliard than domuller
seems capable of offering:

“. . .and so, eventually, all
things merge into one, and
a river runs through it. . .

the river was cut by the world’s
great flood, and runs over rocks
from the basement of time. on the
rocks are timeless raindrops, and
under the rocks are the words. . .”

and, some of those words
were steve’s — to all of us. . .

be at peace, now, with the entire
universe, steve. . . you earned it!

[with sincere apologies to
norman maclean — and his
angelic work, in ital above. . .]

Both were remarkably good experiences for my little family.

okay, then there’s the link. now, lord knows i’m no expert on this stuff, but my dad (the theologian) made it one of his areas of study and he amassed some really awesome coincidences and certain awarenesses, and so on.

he found two categories of events: those which the individual prevented a great harm or seriously lessened it, and those which supported and extended great good for the person involved.

it is my (quite unqualified except as above) opinion that your experiences fit very nicely into category two. let me briefly explain what i learned the key points to watch for are:

1) no evil motive on the part of the recipient, even peripherally.
2) the event occurs as part of a normal life situation, ie no effort is made to ‘attract’ it.
3) for blessing events (my dad’s term) there is ALWAYS a random element either on the part of the recipient or of the person completing the circle as it were. both your events have this.
4) the coincidence must be EXACT and OBVIOUS, as yours were. They are like “tongues of flame” to those who know what to look for, like my dad (i’m attempting to apply his methods here, he unfortunately has alzheimers and can’t be online much any more.)

so thank you for sharing that!! i’ll add it to our files (he kept them when he retired since it was a personal rather than an official university project). unfortunately, i must now go to my repose until tonight. take care! And if something bad DOES go down today, hide. don’t try to fight it, don’t try to mitigate it, HIDE. if whatever i sense may happen happens, it is out of our league completely. hopefully, i’m wrong.

When I was pregnant, we didn’t have much money and I wanted to stay home. Decided to buy a two family house with another couple in a city I knew next to nothing about that had depressed home prices. We found a great place and let my parents know so that they could check it out. Turns out I ended up living in the same house, the same apartment where my stepmother grew up happily. Her father had bought the place to help out extended family.

Kinda scared myself there.

Ten years later I got interested in owning a sailboat. Again, not much money, so I travel around New England looking for a particular 25 footer. I compare all of them and pick one from a town about twenty five, thirty miles away.

I find where I want to get a slip. There a four or five slips left. I pick one.

When we sail the boat into the slip, my neighbor asks if this is some kind of joke. I’d brought the boat back to where it had been for six years. The old owner was directly across from me.

Still can’t get over that one.

that is quite unusual, IMHO. did any especially good or bad experiences come from these coincidences?

Kinda scared myself there.

Ten years later I got interested in owning a sailboat. Again, not much money, so I travel around New England looking for a particular 25 footer. I compare all of them and pick one from a town about twenty five, thirty miles away.

I find where I want to get a slip. There are four or five slips left. I pick one.

When we sail the boat into the slip, my neighbor asks if this is some kind of joke. I’d brought the boat back to where it had been for six years. The old owner was directly across from me.

Still can’t get over that one.

Boston1775 @ 292

Alfred, are you still out there? I have a couple of coincidences I’d like to share.

yes, please! (had to go tend to my elderly dad (he’s 91, i’m not even 70 yet!)

i will maintain watch on this thread while going upstairs!