Serendipity...........................

Nicholas Bate, with his Seven S Spring Clean, offers the wonders of serendipity.  Sent me off to see what else I could (quickly) find.

"3. Serendipity: boost the number of great but unexpected things happening in your life. Work hard, do great things, build your network, listen to-but do not bow to-your critics, stay off the easily and well trodden tracks, help others. And serendipity will support you."
-Nicholas Bate

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.
-Lawrence Block

Self-sown flowers provide a lot of serendipity, which is 
one of the reasons people garden. When they come up,
 it's a delight.
-Renee Shepherd

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless 
you create it, can't feel delight until you play,can't know 
serendipity unless you risk.
-Joan Erickson

Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. 
Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear 
creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.
-Rita Golden Gelman

Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to un- expected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it - and then, not now, think about what comes next. -Condoleeza Rice

Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.
-Elizabeth Berg

When love feels like magic, you call it destiny. When destiny has a sense of humor, you call it serendipity. -unknown If there are no miracles then we need to find another word for the existence of life – the existence of you and me – on earth. Call it a gift from spirit (God or god in whatever form works for you), serendipity, happenstance or plain good fortune. I invite you to look at your life as if it were a miracle. To treat your life in any other way seems to me to be a terrible waste of your unique presence on this planet. -Robert White Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult. -Erin McKean Serendipity is looking in a haystack for a needle and discovering a farmer's daughter. -Julius Comroe Jr.