Strange Things Happen Twice

Sometimes strange things happen. For example, on the day I decided to stop watching the news I found a pearl in an oyster. I’d been opening oysters on the beach for decades but hadn’t found one before; it seemed like a big coincidence. I don’t think deciding to not watch news caused the pearl, and I don’t think finding the pearl caused the earlier decision. But there is a meaningful connection, a synchronicity. Traditionally, every month has birthstones. Diamond is a birthstone of April, emerald is a birthstone of May. The pearl is a birthstone of June, the month I was born. So we could say that the pearl symbolized the same commitment to self-care the decision did. The Maya talked of how ev...View all