Coincidences are often signs of synchronicity, yet they aren’t as obvious as some you may see.
Unless you are looking for patterns.   Then you can notice what you are choosing to notice.
Ironically I discovered Daniel Johnson’s article online about meaningful coincidences by accident because he described an incident in which a friend of mine met her [...]

Odd things can happen when hanging out with those who don’t act right, like you. I got unexpected insights when, with two friends, I walked through the Steins Collection of paintings by Matissse, Picasso and other avant-garde painters in bohemian Paris.
In most every gallery room one friend would sit on the bench in the middle [...]

Mike wasn’t aware that we were closely watching him as he strode into the pool table showroom but he was the ninth unwitting participant in our experiment. He glanced at the sign “Three Most Popular Models” that hung above an ornately carved, antique pool table, flanked closely on either side by a bare-bones model and [...]

Dog lovers, civic-minded coders, Civil War buffs and cyclists have two things in common.
They are ardent about their special interest and thus they are more likely to be active in an online community.
They want to share their experiences and know-how with others who feel as passionate as they do about their special interest.
Some want more. [...]

In a New Yorker cartoon, a bored-looking couple are sitting apart on a couch, facing a smiling therapist who says, “Any healthy relationship requires fundamental acting skills.” Clearly the Michelangelo Effect is not in play.
Couples who affirm and support each other’s best side also “sculpt” each other in beneficial ways. They become deeply committed and [...]

Reinventing himself when he arrived at college Sam, “who had never had much luck with women” successfully beguiled a string of women into one-night stands, leaving his male friends shaking their heads in wonder because the women, though dumped, saw him as “sensitive, caring and sweet.” Also odd, Sam took up the habit of frequently [...]

There’s a Relationship Revolution bubbling up and you’ve probably seen signs of it.
Rain or shine, for over a decade, my college friend Jane Burns has been walking the same route in Lake Oswego every morning at 7:00 am with the same hardy group of women. Neighbors yet strangers at first, the habit has bound them [...]

Got a business? Nervous about your future?  Anyone who says they don’t feel fearful sometimes in the face of this uncertain economy is in deep denial.
One symptom, research shows, is that it is literally harder to hear when we’re stressed. That’s a signal to savvy, caring business owners to listen sooner, deeper and longer.
Only then [...]

“I had a woman in Idaho tell me that her options for employment went from one job to hundreds because of her ability to work from home after receiving broadband,” said DigitalBridge founder, Kelley Dunne.
In partnership with others including Internet providers he offered online access to rural or otherwise “underserved areas of the country such as [...]

One Saturday a friend who lives on Nob Hill in S.F.  drove a zipcar over to visit me in Sausalito. He was eager to tell me about his trip to Istanbul, paid for by renting out his spare bedroom. Earlier that morning, via a freecycle posting, a stranger picked up some clay pots I’d set [...]