May 30, 2018

As I continue on this journey, my belief that Destiny employs Serendipity as our tour guides for life grows ever stronger.  In reflection, odd coincidences are made to look completely connected.  String enough of these seemingly disconnected pieces and moments of your life so far together and you can see a path forming.  Be open to them and look for them in the future and they will be a compass.  There must be a reason why such serendipitous events occur.  One of my most recent and revealing brushes with Serendipity strikes very close to home – literally.  Over a year ago, I purchased a bottle of Laphroaig Scotch without knowing very much about it.  I bought it just to try another bottle.  The purchase of the bottle entitled me to the opportunity to join the Friends of Laphroaig.  Said membership would include a small 1 foot by 1 foot plot on the Laphroaig property assigned to me.  The thought of having anything associated with me actually in Scotland was enough to cause me to sign up.  In the above photo, you can see the Lat/Long position of my plot.  Unbeknownst to me, accepting this offer tied me even more closely to my roots and destiny than I could have imagined.  Thanks the the gentle education of the Scotch Siren, I came to realize that my family name traced back to the Isle of Islay – and specifically, the Clan MacDonald had a ancestral castle on the southern end at Dunyvaig.  Imagine my happy surprise when I realized how close my chosen plot at the Laphroaig property was to Dunyvaig.  I can not begin to tell you how thrilled I was at that moment and continue to be amazed at the happy fortune of these two separate, yet conjoined, events.