Serendipity in Seattle

Don’t you just love it when things work out exactly how you hoped they would? Talk about being in the right job, in the right place at the right time… I loved this story: A senior loan officer for Sterling Savings Bank in Seattle, gazing from his office window about a month ago, noticed that a duck had laid her eggs in the overhang just below his window. The eggs hatched on Monday.

Next thing he knows, Mama Duck glides to the ground and calls out to her ducklings to join her so they can all go for a swim in the river across the street. He watches as the first one gets into position. He flies out of his office, down to the street just as duckling #1 is getting ready to take a leap of faith and off he goes. He catches him, Mama's watching from the sidelines. Duckling #2 makes his way to the edge and takes a flying leap! The banker, Joel Armstrong, catches him and places him on the ground and watches as #2 joins his mother. #3 steps to the edge, boom takes a leap, the banker catches him too. A crowd has gathered watching this scenario unfold on a bright sunny morning in Seattle. And so it goes until all twelve have joined their mother. The crowd erupts in applause. People have joined in to help, someone shows up with a box to place the hatchlings in so they can get across the street to the river. With all her ducklings in a row behind her, they make their way through traffic (with a little help from their friends), finally making it to the other side where they jump into the river for their first family swim.

I just love it when the universe aligns and places people in the right place at the right time. Some believe it’s the universe that brings this about. I believe it’s the One who made the universe that brings about these serendipitous moments. Not sure where I read it, but someone once said: “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” I like knowing there’s Someone looking out for us all, don’t you? It gives me comfort.

Morale of the story:
Know that for today at least, you are exactly where you are supposed to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRmQ-OldyE