I believe we tell stories to make sense of the world. We write, sing, dance, act, draw, and snap to create meaning from the chaos of our lives.

A few days ago, I read this absorbing story by Maria Rattray. She reintroduced me to the word “synchronicity” and to Carl Jung’s work.

In the 1920s, Jung coined the term to highlight a coincidence that is more than mere chance.

Yesterday, Rebecca and I added up our individual expenditures from January in San Miguel, Mexico. These included Uber trips, restaurants, groceries, and cash withdrawals. In the fifteen years we’ve been together, we’ve kept separate bank accounts and shared most expenses.

For example, on January 16, she found gifts for grandchildren at this market.

In the two columns of numbers on my notebook page in the first photo, you can see my expenses listed and totalling $1418.

Rebecca’s summation precisely.

Serendipity or…?

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