The noted psychologist, Carl Jung, defines “synchronicity” as the confluence of events (not because of cause and effect or deliberate action, but coincidence) that provokes a deep emotional reaction and has symbolic meaning at a point of important transition in one’s life.  I had such an experience recently – just when I needed it. My sister and I were in the third week of a two-month RV trip.  We’d been told “don’t miss walking the Cape Flattery Trail to the north-western-most … [Read more...]

Synchronicity by Linda M. Rose The noted psychologist, Carl Jung, defines “synchronicity” as the confluence of events (not because of cause and effect or deliberate action, but coincidence) that provokes a deep emotional reaction and has symbolic meaning at a point of important transition in one’s life.  I had such an experience recently – just when I needed it. My sister and I were in the third week of a two-month RV trip.  We’d been told “don’t miss walking the Cape … [Read more...]

January, 1985 “Sharon?! Where is the wrapper for this video tape? This is a Sony tape, and it’s in a Maxell wrapper. We have to get it back to Joe.” I can’t believe this. Get a life Mother! Why on earth are you worried about something this trivial? Who cares whether the wrapper matches the video? The label is on the cassette, not the wrapper! “I don’t know where it is. Besides, we don’t need to get it back to Joe. When he gave it to me, he told me to keep it. He said he … [Read more...]

Back in my eighth-grade study hall, while reading Anne Snow, Mountain Nurse, my heart was thumping so loudly, I felt certain my classmates could hear it. Riding a horse through the mountain passes of Virginia, Anne Snow ministered to poor people and their families in their rundown cabins as a community health nurse. I could just see her bringing healing and consolation to those families. Staring out into that sunny March afternoon in 1959, I visualized myself on that horse, in those mountains, … [Read more...]