In July of 2006, a waitress in Westlake, Ohio, asked a customer who'd ordered a drink to present her ID. But what the server received shocked her: it was her own stolen driver's license! This waitress's wallet had been stolen a few weeks earlier in another town. So, instead of bringing drinks to the table, she brought the police, who arrested the thief!
Think about it. What was the likelihood of this series of events playing out? There were so many moving parts: details like Westlake's sizable population and many restaurants... the fact that the theft occurred elsewhere... the waitress's work schedule... the probability of her even serving this particular customer who just so happened to order alcohol... or any of hundreds of other factors. The likelihood of this having occurred was close to impossible!
So... was this a coincidence? Or was it just another serendipitous encounter (granted, one that made news headlines) showing us that there may be a more meaningful order to events than we realize or bother to notice?
Because most of us have experienced at least one occurrence--if not many--that seemed highly improbable. Maybe we were thinking of someone, and they called. Perhaps we saw numbers or heard a quote or lyrics that "spoke" directly to our current situation.
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