Back to School, Back to Work
On the same day my son returned to school (or would have, if not for the heat and school cancellations), I returned to work. Though I had been working part-time all summer, I received an offer for a full-time position at the end of August. My first layoff and summer of unemployment was a journey, one which forced me to grow a lot, but also one which made me question the force behind synchronicity. For several years I have had a lot of faith in synchronicity--for me it has served as proof of a force at work in the world which scientists have yet to understand. Though at times I do question whether synchronicity is a figment of my imagination, the more common theme for me this year was whether I had been forsaken by the force which had blessed me with synchronicity. (By the way, I know this terminology sounds vaguely religious. I'm not trying to hint that I know what's behind synchronicity. I have no idea. But my feelings about the forces at wor...