Two Layers of Synchronicity
I recently accepted a job to substitute teach for a seventh grade social studies teacher. It just so happened that he was also the boys’ basketball coach. While the day progressed, I noticed he had the team’s white jerseys all neatly-folded inside a large plastic container. I decided to take a glance at the jerseys and thought perhaps I could see the #23 jersey without disturbing the rest of the stack. Lo and behold, the jersey I was looking for was on the top.
I decided to take a picture of the jersey and then posted the find to my Facebook page. Not too soon afterwards, a FB friend who lives in Nova Scotia posted the following comment: “It was a year ago today that a young man in our community was killed in a tragic car accident – he played #23 for the high school basketball team – and here you’re posting another team’s #23 – sync again!!”
So I considered it quite remarkable that the #23 jersey just happened to be on the top of the stack of jerseys. And to then have it revealed that it “just happened” to be the anniversary of a fateful event in the life of a friend who lived so far away with a connection to the same sport and jersey number.
Quite remarkable indeed!
David Lee 