“You don’t reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings.” – John Barth, ‘The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor’

I love the idea of Serendipity as being an actual place, the exotic land of Serendib, that you can’t get to without losing your way first. Sort of like Shangri-La or Brigadoon. The truth is it is a wonderful place, where you find incredible love, joy, fulfillment and peace. You can be in and out of the town in a moment, barely having time to stop. You might not
even have known you stopped actually. Then again it could be your final destination, where you retire and live out your years. Who knows.

All I know is that it makes me smile whenever I find myself in the town of Serendib. And I always order a plate of shrimp when I go (see Repo Man video clip on an earlier napkin post to know what I am talking about).

This is for all those whose life didn’t go in the direction they hoped or expected. Let it be known that your life is at this moment for a reason, no matter your age. It starts new today and you can do what you want. Susan Boyle, Albert Einstein, Grandma Moses, James Michener, many more have in common one thing, they didn’t know how they were going to achieve their goals, in some cases they didn’t even know their goals. But Susan sang 27 years late, Einstein worked away in spite of only finding a lowly clerk job, Grandma Moses started painting at age 70 and Michener didn’t publish his first book until age 40.

They all found themselves in the little village of Serendib having no clue how they got there. But they knew what to do once they arrived. They worked towards their dreams. So, check in to the Serendib Hotel and make your plan.

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