Why Serendipity you ask?

So why is my blog called Serendipity?  Well first off I think -- gees another Label.  Wikipedia defines label as a noun "A classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, esp. one that is inaccurate or restrictive".  And I'd like this opportunity "to blog" to be anything but inaccurate or restrictive. 

But we need somthing to identify it -- simply for interest sake yes?  The trick is to identify with it ---  I have a blog, I am not my blog.  With that said....."why serendipity, you ask?"

Wikipedia defines serendipity as follows: "Serendipity is when someone finds something that they weren't expecting to find". It has also been voted one of the top 10 English words that were hardest to translate.  Then it goes on to say "In the simplest of words, it means a "happy accident".

And today that's what I feel my journey has been a series of "happy accidents".  I guess I should qualify that with my "conscious" journey.  As I became conscious that my way of "being" in this world was more a function "doing", the happy accidents helped point the way back towards "being". And when I say "doing".....we all know questions that people ask to indicate that we're live in a society of "doers" -- and our value is based on what we do:  "How're ya doin'?, And what do you do for a living?".  When I started to ask "how am I being"?  I started to see how little I knew what "being" was for me.  I was good at doing.  I learned that I was rewarded for "doing" with various forms of approval:  pat on the head, good grades, certificates and biweekly pay checks.

Three years ago I was given 3 lovely weeks reprieve from "doing" by my doctor.  She told me I didn't need antidepressants I needed time to make some decisions.  And so the "down and dirty" of my journey began.  Prior Feb. 2008, I had started down a path supported by yoga, meditation and journalling.  In Feb. 2008, after 3 weeks of working with these tools away from "the job", I returned with a proposal for a jobshare vs. fulltime work.  That arrangement was in place until June 3rd of this year  2011.  And now I've walked through the gate that's the passage from all that I've known to a world so filled with possibility it's sometimes takes my breath away.  It's scary, joyful, overwhelming and so full of life --- what it means to "be" in this magnificent and glorious existence.

So back to serendipity -- happy accidents.  So happy accidents of note

• Meeting someone during a CTI coaching training who "does work with horses" (didn't even get to specify it -- but made me curious) - thanks Jean
•  Attending an LDE (Leadership Discovery Experience) retreat at a retreat centre where I tell the owner of my meeting someone a month earlier in coaching training who spoke of work she does with horses.  The owner, Sharon states she knows Jean and that she's been training with her in this work.  Sharon invites me to see what she does and asks if I may be interested in assisting her.
• wanted more time to spend on the horse work, adjusted schedule at 'the job', but still feeling strained.  Was it also a function of my really feeling the incongruency of 'the job' and who I AM?  
• April 1st - jobshare partner states she is quitting May 31st......time to put money where my mouth is.
• June 3rd.....goodbye to  'the job'. Egad---what have I done ?
• Now working on FEEL apprenticeship (Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning) AND I'm on my way to owning my own Horse --- Miriam (my little pony).

Happy accident -- over a year ago, I had no inkling horses would be part of my world --- and here I am with Miriam and a herd of 10 other horses teaching people to slow down, be in the present moment and find harmony within.  Not to mention working with animal communication, Reiki for animals and finding my own "healer within".

It is my hope to share thoughts and experiences as the serendipitous occurrences present themselves.  Here's to the joy of happy accidents!