“There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.”
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Almost one year ago, a serendipitous encounter at the grocery led to one of my life’s biggest surprises.
It all started when an interesting stranger went up to me at the supermarket and disappeared after that. A conversation with a good friend led me to take some steps to find that stranger. Needless to say, our paths never crossed again after that striking conversation. He, being a foreigner, must have left the country at the onset of the global exodus sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. But I really couldn’t care less.
For it was while “waiting to be found” that I met someone whose initial conversations stirred a familiar sense of “knowing”, like two friends meeting after a long gap in time and space.
“Soulmate” does not quite describe the connection, nor will I refer to ourselves as “twin flames”. But if these concepts came to mind, you know that unmistakeable signs, reinforced by conquered challenges, led to this speculation.
Anyone with romantic tendencies might easily say that the stars aligned at the time for two people to find each other. On the other hand, the down-to-earth person may also offer the idea that two people immensely attracted to one another found ways to come together and remain together despite obstacles headed their way.
But if you blend both ideas, you might realize that destiny is part chance and part choice. And that, sometimes, one can meet their destiny even on the road they took to avoid it.
N.B. This is for the love of my life– KDC.