We like to think of serendipity as a romantic notion of luck. However, the words that most closely are associated with serendipity don't imply luck so much as a predetermination of events.
When I was younger, I was much more superstitious. I believed that bad luck could be caused by walking under a ladder or breaking a mirror. I was even convinced that since we had broken the corner off of a large wall mirror we suffered some years of bad luck. Everything from financial difficulties to the loss of loved ones.
Now, that I am older, I don't dread "negative" events like I did in the past. I don't view them as bad karma or the result of something I have done wrong in the past. Instead, I view difficult circumstances as a chance to grow and learn. I know that something good and even better than previous experiences will come. But, you have to be open. Always thinking, how can I use this circumstance. The doors fly wide open to the possibilities.
"--- you don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously." (John Barth, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor)
I hope to lose my bearings.
And, finally, a romantic poem on Serendipity.
Serendipity by Peter Masters
becalmed by thoughts of what they'll say
what they'll feel and who they'll be
the warmth behind the face they'll see.
For when the moment comes to meet
and you are asked to take your seat,
two souls just waiting to be found
to hear the richness of life's sound
she'll know not what it means to me
to be my serendipity
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