Today I’ve started a Squidoo Lens on Serendipity . Serendipity and coincidence  decide much more of  our life than we care to admit. Without them our lives would be much duller.

The word Serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole, who says (1754) that he had formed it upon the title of the fairy-tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip‘, the heroes of which ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’.

Someone else spouted “Serendipity ; Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you’ve found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for”.

I am excited about the break through that I know Serendipity will bring me, how do I know? It’s because I’m proactively looking and waiting for that crucial opportunity, so I’ll be ready to take full advantage of it.

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Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke a 52-year-old record as they set a new mark for the highest fourth-wicket stand in Test cricket.

The Sri Lanka batsmen put on 437 against Pakistan to erase the record of English greats Peter May and Colin Cowdrey, who put on 411 in 1957.

It was similar when Babe Ruth’s record was finally beaten it somehow puts these legends a bit more into the shadow. Perhaps they should bring in a system where the record is retired, like when the shirt number of a great player is retired.

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swishism n. a unique acrostic or acronym using the letters s,w,i,s and h, exclusively and in that order, to capture, concisely, tremendous truth, and/or wisdom, in no more than five words e.g.

Here is an almost perfect example

slow.winters.inaugurate.spring.hope (comprised only of letters in swish)

Learn more at verbswish.com/swishism

How great is that for those of us who love the obscure and arcane!

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