Sunday, 10 August 2008

Chiang Mai, Thailand, Monday 11th August 2008

Chiang Mai (12-hour train North from Bangkok) is lovely. It's an old walled, moated city...but more about that later. I wanted to share this month's thought from The Hill with you so here it is:

Thought: Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents are marvellous things. Otherwise know as Serendipity, they are unexpected meetings; astonishing coincidences or wild occurrences that make you go WOW.

There are of course Unhappy Accidents. These include running your car into other cars or trees or bumping into your husband / wife whilst out on a date with your lover.

But we’re talking about Happy Accidents here. And there are ways of increasing the number and scale of Happy Accidents in your life (just as there are ways of increasing the Unhappy ones too). I will number them too, just so you can practise your counting (for younger members of our audience):
1. Be open to Happy Accidents. Just being open to them means you’ll get more of them. Strange but true. Just as being open to seeing white Fiat 500s will magically deliver more Fiat 500s to your sensory world.
2. Relax and trust that things will be okay in your life. Just relaxing (and trusting that things will be okay is a macro from of relaxation) will bring numerous Happy Accidents into your life. It’s to do with energy. And if you want to know more, come to one of our weeks or read a good book about it, it’s a big one.
3. Notice the Happy Accidents, enjoy them, value them, thank whatever Deity you like for them… and once you do this, they know they’ve got an appreciative audience and will come to visit you again.

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