Seeing or hearing name of friend on pavement
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Often, I see and hear the first name of my best Friend Colleen, several instances during a day. In a commercial on TV, followed by seeing it in an article I happen upon in a magazine, followed by seeing her name in a line of credits after a movie, followed by hearing her name when another person is introduced at a meeting I am at. Colleen and I are best Friends for over 40 years, and when this occurs, I phone or text her, to find out if she is OK. At one time, around 1992, early in our Friendship, I was 50 miles distant from her and we had a serious disagreement over the phone, threatening our Friendship. After hanging up, I proceeded to walk to a small children's playground, mulling the tiff in my mind, As I walked the path through the park, I saw the following words in chalk on the ground : "I love you Colleen" with no punctuation. As I stared at it in surprise, and because of the phone conversation, I read the words and realized it had two meanings...if punctuated properly. One meaning with a comma, was "I love you, Colleen" as a statement. But if I read it with a period, as "I love you. Colleen, as if it were a response. I could not believe, that child's scrawl, settled the disagreement for me, and later between us. What phenomenon could explain this startling coincidence n both relevance and time of occurrence ? fjmwriter@aol.com
Date submitted:Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:55:38 +0000Coincidence ID:7142
