Wonder in the everyday

Nine years ago I boarded a plane in Sydney bound for LA. I'd been selected as a Rotary Exchange Student and was jetting off to big ol' Texas. Funnily enough, I sat next to an American man from my home town who worked at the university that (I was yet to know this) I would end up completing two degrees at. He studied bees which I find to be an incredible wonder of nature. Growing up in the country, we had to study 'Agriculture' at school and I remember having a study module entirely dedicated to bees - I absolutely loved it - top of the class! Why am I telling you this? Because I can't help but spend a moment or two...or much much more, contemplating life wonders like coincidence and deja vu.


Two weeks ago I boarded a plane, bound for Melbourne, once again because of Rotary. This time because I wanted to become more involved in and give back to Rotary's youth programs. I sat next to a man who owned a bee farm in a nearby country town. While I'm a proud Rotarian and the wonder of bees still intrigues me, I have never been on a plane for Rotary purposes or recall talking about the insect since that flight to LA nine years ago.

I tend to notice these sorts of 'conincidences' or have 'deja vu' almost daily. Moreover, during particularly busy periods in my life or when I'm stressed, i have strange dreams where I live the entire day before I wake up, only to have to repeat it in actual reality. (I'm talking everything from eating breakfast to brushing my teeth, morning conversation with coworkers, checking email). Street names, people, events can even come to me in the dreams as well and then a day or week later they pop up in real life sometimes ... does that make me batty, hopeful, spiritual, in tune with myself, all of the above, neither or something else? Perhaps simply human.

Whether its a set of lucky numbers, a reappearing colour, an animal, superstition, moments in time or a certain mix of particular elements, I love life's tiny intricacies, its little unexplainables. In a way they make me feel more alive, provide me faith and security. Don't you think?

Life, its a wondrous thing.