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I believe in coincidences, as you described: “a remarkable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection”, but I also believe they are inevitable, statistically speaking. Nevertheless, I don’t think that removes the remarkable or magical aspect from them! For example, the birthday problem you mentioned. I understand that it is statistically likely to find a birthday match among 23 people, but I’d still find it remarkable if I were in a team or a class with 23 people and 2 of them shared a birthday. So, I think even though coincidences are inevitable, they can still feel magical. I suppose I’m a weird person that falls into the two types of people 😂

On sharing a coincidence, one actually recently happened to me with your newsletter! I had stopped reading the newsletter for a couple of months because I was very busy with work. I decided to get back to reading it on February 9th and, at the time, I was debating whether to invest time and money in producing a short film about toxic relationships. Lo and behold, I read your newsletter and your main topics were (1) airing romantic grievances, and (2) your pre-production work for your short film in Costa Rica. I thought: "Wow, what a coincidence!" and took it as a sign that I should invest and produce the short film. So, thank you <3

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Wow, what an incredible coincidence! I squealed with delight when I read your comment—art begets art. So glad to hear you decided to go forward with the short film, you won't regret it. Please share it when you're finished and best of luck!

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I will and I can't wait to see yours!!!!

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Mar 3, 2023Liked by Meghan Palmer

I don't really 'believe' in coincidences. I think they are some kind of indication of a greater power in the world.

LOVED the Dream Interpreter! Thank you for that. I have very vivid dreams and usually remember at least 2 from each night. This will be fun!!

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Agreed- whenever I live through a "coincidence," I always feel like it's just some sort of sign!

And I'm the same way re: vivid dreams. The AI dream interpreter can be a bit on the nose sometimes, but I think the more data it has the more advanced it gets. Enjoy!

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