People are looking to make meaning these days, after the profound upheaval of the past few years. And one way that some of us do this is by looking for guidance or comfort in 1, the unexpected concurrence of events.
After Carla Kaufman Sloan lost her 2 son in an accident eight years ago, when he was 7, she began noticing heart shapes, often when she felt 3. It started the first time she took her younger son back to a restaurant 4 by both her boys. As she walked in, trying not to5, she saw a heart-shaped 6.
"I showed it to my son, who 7 it was from his brother," says Ms. Kaufman Sloan, who is a TV producer and writer in Miami. 8, she began noticing more heart 9, not only in leaves, but also puddles, rocks and clouds. On a beach in Mexico, she 10 at a pile of seaweed and discovered a red plastic heart. 11 it up, she saw that it was from a toy 12 the one that had helped her son learn about shapes 13 he was a baby. She took the plastic heart 14 -- and found it fits 15 into a slot (狭槽) in her son's old toy. What a coincidence! "It helps to16 there is more to our daily lives than the surface," she says.
Paying attention to coincidences may help us, especially 17 stress, and can aid us in making decisions, calm us in 18 and help us feel more connected to others and 19. Studies show that noticing coincidences may help boost both the 20 of psychotherapy (心理疗法) and mental well-being.
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