• About

is this anything

~ a compendium, by Nancy Coughlin

is this anything

Category Archives: serendipity

serendipity (a tweet)

10 Sunday Apr 2016

Posted by is this anything in serendipity, twitter tweets, zen

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

serendipity, tweet, zen

Never mind that we’re lost: it turns out that paradise is a place most easily found by accident.

nature door

glorious (an extended tweet)

14 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by is this anything in Evolving ideas, first principles (revised often), random thought, serendipity, twitter tweets, writing, zen

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

apophenia, coincidence, randomness, serendipity, writing, zen

 

Serendipity is a manifold gift from the blue. “Facilitating serendipity”—really just a synonym for “paying attention,” I think–is a glorious practice. It lets us pluck delicious fruit from random orchards.

pi pie coincidence

serendipity (a tweet)

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

Posted by is this anything in Evolving ideas, random thought, serendipity, twitter tweets

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

serendipity

Serendipity is the everyday practice of expanding peripheral vision.

dog-watching-tv-in-icypeppersochilly.blogspot.com5_

Recent Posts

  • Schrodinger’s cat (a poem)
  • impeachment
  • Excerpts (a poem, maybe?)
  • a trap I’m in
  • As a kid, I had a crush on Aesop (journal entry)
  • practice (a journal entry)
  • Abbreviated (a poem)

Tags

acceptance apophenia autism balance both choice comfort compassion freedom grace grief happiness illusion love memory metaphor paradox poem quotation randomness serendipity serenity surrender thinking out loud transience tweet writing zen

Top Posts & Pages

  • On days you can't remember (a poem)
    On days you can't remember (a poem)
  • Now (a poem)
    Now (a poem)
  • creativity (a quote from Albert Einstein
    creativity (a quote from Albert Einstein
  • luck (a quote from the Dalai Lama)
    luck (a quote from the Dalai Lama)
  • aperture (quote from Alan Watts)
    aperture (quote from Alan Watts)
  • The Myth of Solid Ground (my book about Hannah, attached as a PDF)
    The Myth of Solid Ground (my book about Hannah, attached as a PDF)
  • The odd things we love, when we love (a poem)
    The odd things we love, when we love (a poem)
  • "A Third Body" (a poem by Robert Bly)
    "A Third Body" (a poem by Robert Bly)
  • too much happiness (a quote from Alice Munro)
    too much happiness (a quote from Alice Munro)
  • my latest notion (a poem)
    my latest notion (a poem)

Archives

Categories

Recent Comments

anjalo's avataranjalo on catching up to myself (a …
Follow is this anything on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 258 other subscribers

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • is this anything
    • Join 258 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • is this anything
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...