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WotD: Serendipity
Today I have a beautiful word for you.
It looks like serenity, but it’s not – it’s serendipity.
Serendipity is the fact of finding interesting or valuable things entirely by accident or chance.
If you want to find someone to spend your life with, you’re not going to do it watching TV.
You have to get out there, meet people, talk to strangers and go to places you’ve never been to before.
Do that with an open mind, and serendipity will do the rest for you.
Chance is a numbers game.
By that, I mean the more often you do something, the better your chances of success.
These days, few people marry the first person they meet, date, kiss, or even sleep with.
Just at the moment, when you are not looking for someone, serendipity will help you find it.
I’ve seen many exciting things during my life by merely stepping outside, putting one foot in front of the other, and letting my feet take me where they will.
It’s also how I learned so much about websites and teaching online.
I read anything and everything I can get my hands on.
Like or follow ArtisanEnglish.jp on social media.
It helps me learn about booking sites, website design, lesson topics, automation, security and everything in between.
You’ll never find a caribou in your kitchen.
Likewise, if you walk around Nagoya, you may never see a caribou.
Still, your chances of finding other interesting things or meeting fascinating people are much better than they are in your kitchen.
Serendipity is the act of finding interesting or valuable things by accident, but it does need a little help.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 68.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.