SYNCHRONICITY

Travelling across time zones has been on my mind as I wait to hear of the return of loved ones from their holiday abroad. ‘Synchronise your watches’ is something I recall from our trip a year ago: be sure to do this so that everything can happen at the same time. Real time. Real time? One of my children is always an hour behind my time and, during the northern winter another slips behind by two.

There is a synchronicity in having similar thoughts and reaching out when needed, despite chronological time. This sense of timing and resonance can leave us with a sense of wonder and curiosity. Indeed, our playful universe has a habit of springing surprises even on the dullest of days, uplifting parts of my soul and filling me with a sense of wonder: finding long-forgotten objects in incongruous places. Today it was a little book filled with interesting quotations. Yesterday it was realising how our lives become entwined with those of others – some only ephemerally and others with longer lasting bonds.

All this tidying up I am trying to get through saw me going through a thickly dust-covered box filled with letters and copies of e-mails: within were interesting conversations, congratulations, thank you letters, notes of appreciation, mini-travelogues and a mutual sharing of lives from ever distant places.

Years of talking, laughing, and crying together, have led to a particular understanding with close friends that no longer require explanations – it is as if we have developed a unified consciousness which deepens our sense of connectedness. Meaningful coincidences occur so often that we realise that time and distance diminish as we age. How often it happens that a message arrives or the phone rings just when we are thinking of someone we hold dear. We, along with those we love, become a melting pot of consciousness. We see the same sun and admire the full moon from wherever we are. We share the sight of a bird; the wonder of a grandchild; we lean on each other in times of need; celebrate when the time is right; learn about the synchronicity of our future; and can revel in lasting future love and friendship.