I think 'serendipity' is a lovely word (as are its variants, like 'serendipitous'). It rolls off the tongue and it has a wonderful meaning: "The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way."
'Serendipity', to me, always has a feel of being a happy coincidence or just noticeably good luck. It's not about hitting a jackpot or succeeding in a one-in-a-million chance; it's about finding out that things went better than expected.
One of the other reasons I love the word so much is that nobody uses it (even I hardly use it). It remains relatively rare, yet relatively well-known, which means that when you do use it, you get the extra impact from a reader seeing that word and being reminded of its existence (and as always, bonus points when you use it in a particularly poignant sentence).
About Me
- Kevin Bahler
- I am a writer. A writer is one who writes. By the same logic, I am also a thinker, an observer, and a puzzle solver. I am a graduate from the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Professional Writing. The idea of the program is that one studies all three aspects of writing as a whole: Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Rhetoric. The knowledge I have gained in those subjects is put to use in every aspect of my life. The worst thing a person can be is boring. I am most interested in people who can pique my interests. An example is people who can correctly use the word 'pique'.
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