The benefit of serendipity

摘要

Serendipity is a great word. Although it is not an onomatopoeia, to me the word itself sounds like a lucky accident. Although I said it is a great word, I have only used it once before in these articles, last October. Yet, I can think of many instances that can be described as serendipitous. A mundane occurrence of serendipity occurs frequently in my TV viewing. The weekend papers come with a TV guide for the week. I will peruse the guide and identify programmes that may be of interest. The ones I definitely want to see I will set to record. Others I will make a mental note of and I may or may not remember to watch. Yet, despite this rough planning, I get to watch some of the most informative programmes by accident.