Synchronicity in the News: Lottery Winner

Ohhh, I love lottery synchronicities. This story is simple. Man is standing in line to buy lottery ticket. Another man cuts in line. Man standing in line does not complain. Line-cutter loses. Man who did not complain WINS 300 MILLION. Is it a true synchronicity? Kismet? Serendipity? Karma? Maybe all three. Whatever it is, it is awesome!

Read the news story here

Mirror Synchronicity: Search

Someone in my circles on Google+ shared this video about how to use Google Scholar. I use it every day so I thought I might learn something new. Imagine my surprise when one of the sample searches was a search I had done before, and the speaker mentioned Brenda Dervin, a former professor of mine!

Mirror Synchronicity: Final Gifts

I was browsing the clearance section of Half Price Books (my favorite store) and I was ruminating about a book that I had loaned to someone that they never gave back. We no longer work together and it's not likely to be someone I will run into.

For most books, I loan the book with the idea that I might never see them again, which is fine. But this book, Final Gifts, was different. I only loaned it because I had full confidence that I would get it back. A year later, it turns out that I was wrong. It is non-fiction and I consider it to be the bible of books about hospice. Every presentation I give about hospice includes a mention of the book. It is a book that I always want to have on my shelf, and a book I would buy for others who are going through hospice for the first time (aside from my own).

I made a little wish that I might find it in the clearance section someday... but I never expected it to happen because it is still a best-selling book and I have never seen it on clearance. Sure enough, about a minute later, I looked up at the next shelf and I found a like-new copy for $2.00. Around the corner, I found in the regular death and dying section a used copy that was still $7.00. I bought it and thanked the universe for my gift.

Mirror Synchronicity: 91 is the Age of Fun

My first exposure to the age of 91 being a time of adventure was when we took a hospice patient, Joan skiing. It was featured in The Columbus Dispatch

Then today I saw a (sad) article about a 91 year old who plowed into a cafe (not fun)

But then in looking for that article by the age (because I thought it would be easy to narrow down), I kept finding articles about women living it up at the age of 91.

First I found the 91 year old skydiver, and then the 91 year old actor, and then the 91 year old yoga instructor.

And that is when I recognized the synchronicity and thought...

Is 91 the magic age for adventure?

On the Radio: Shared Death Experience

Well, folks... it's time to trust the universe that I am meant to tell this story. I am scheduled to do a live radio interview regarding the shared death experience. This is the first time I will be publicly telling the story "off the cuff." (I first presented the story at the International Conference on Grief and Bereavement, but that was a prepared presentation). If you would like to tune in, it will be broadcast worldwide on BITEradio on Friday - February 17th, 8:00-9:00pm Eastern. Here's the link

Aside from me, though if you are interested in the metaphysical, you might enjoy some of the other radio broadcasts which are archived on the website.