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allowing serendipity

Submitted by avietgirl on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 8:00pm.

I think that we do allow serendipity in our life, but that's because there is no way to prevent. We would like to think that we can control the outcome but we really can't. So instead, we just just let it happens. After all, there are many scientific discovery that are accidentally discovered. I think that as a maximizer, I try to do what is best but if serendipity occurs, it's all right. Because by definition serendipity is define as unexpected fortune. I guess, I might be confused by the word, but to my extend of understanding, if I plan something, and something better happened, why wouldn't I be happy about it? 

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