To you, and to you, and to you, and again to you...

Yesterday, I got my second National Geographic in the mail. For the month. The exact same one. I also received two of the exact same letter from the guy who sells us firewood each year, and that's not even automated. And then I got six of the exact same e-mail from a friend of mine. Six.

When I was in college, I took a composition course entitled, "The Goddess Within Us All." The teacher of the course was a believer in what she called "Goddess Intervention," which basically meant that whatever was happening, it was because the Goddess intended it that way. Say, for example, your radio was on the frits every morning at 8 AM, while you were driving to school. "That's Goddess Intervention," she would say. "The Goddess is telling you to spend that time in quiet reflection, and not listen to the radio." (I'm pretty sure the person in question just drove through a particularly tricky set of mountains at the same time every morning, and the radio waves couldn't get through, but that wasn't my professor's take on it at all.) Eventually, I began to think she was a real nut case, but her whole idea of every thing having a meaning was somehow comforting. She influenced me, even so. It stuck with me. So that now, when strange coincidences happen, I look for a meaning behind them, even more so than I did before that time.

So, with that in mind, what is the meaning behind all of this repetition in my life? what is the meaning behind all of this repetition in my life? what is the meaning behind all of this repetition in my life? what is the meaning behind all of this repetition in my life? what is the meaning behind all of this repetition in my life?