Coincidence or an Attention Grabber? What Do You Think?

Well, this trip to England has definitely had a magical and meaningful start. When things are meant to happen and you’re meant to meet someone, no matter what you do or where you are, it somehow happens in the most unexpected ways.

As I was standing up to deplane at Heathrow airport, I hear a voice behind me calling quietly “Is that you Lynn Robinson?” When I turned around, I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Last year when I was speaking at the CANLP Conference, there was another speaker who I had always planned on meeting and never got around to it even though she lived fairly close to me. There we were speaking on the other side of the country and we finally met. We had both heard of each other and had planned to connect and just never did.

We were so excited to finally meet and hear each other speak. We made an instant connection and decided we had to get together as soon as we returned home. We both felt we were meant to do something together.

We did connect once on the phone, and our schedules just didn’t match up so unfortunately, we never did meet.

So there I was, hearing my name called behind me and when I turned around, guess who was there. Yes, the same person. What are the chances?

Once I turned around we talked non-stop until we had to separate because they were going on to Rome. Now you could think this is just a coincidence, or you could think that something’s up and we are definitely meant to connect and explore how we might work together.

I’m not sure how many times we have to be placed in front of each other miles from home to get the message.

I’d say it’s time to pay attention and take action.

I’ll keep you posted on how we progress.

What about you? Are there things in your life that keep showing up and you keep ignoring them? Is it time for you to pay attention and take action?