Yesterday I was thinking about my Dad who died just a few months ago. The funeral home person came to my house with a candle that had my Dad's name, picture, date of birth and death on it. They arrived minutes after I got home from the cemetary. Now this morning, I open my presents from my kids. One got me a James Brown CD. I got online and learned that James Brown died this morning. I have so many of these coincidences happening I wonder, Is this some kind of sign for me?
2006-12-25 00:38:25 · 11 answers · asked by redwidow 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I don't much believe in coincidence. Things happen for a reason. My husband died 8 years ago and since then, I find dimes nearly every day. I vacuum; five minutes later, there's a dime in the middle of the floor. A dime on my car seat. A dime on the table seconds after I cleaned the table. I know a lady who, in the dead of a Michigan winter, found fresh rose petals on her pillow. She'd just started dating after her husband's death and was concerned about it. There's a lot we don't understand but coincidence? Not often. Have a nice Christmas.
2006-12-25 01:18:08 · answer #1 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coincidence
2006-12-25 19:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by Just Dance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a link to a weblog by a very nice person who is also a famous writer. She recommends a book called "The Year Of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion.
http://ozarque.livejournal.com/339780.html
The comments section has a lot of decent, sensible people talking about this. Most of us went through it ourselves.
What is happening to you, now, happens to many people, after bereavements. It's called "magical thinking". People who go through it are NOT crazy, it's normal for some people, but it probably doesn't mean that you are really receiving signs.
(I think it might happen especially to people who lost a parent, and who feel that they need someone to advise them, so they wish that they had signs to guide them.)
Sometimes people who don't mean well at all take advantage of the bereaved by saying that they can interpret signs for them, or even that the bereaved person is being punished and they can make it stop - and that is a scam.
One time someone asked me how to know whether a sign was real and whether it came from a good source or a bad one. It was a kind of emergency so I had to really think about it.
All I could think of to say was, if you remember or imagine a good person who really loved you and then think about whether that person would want you to believe that something that had happened was a sign, and whether they would want you to do anything because of what had happened, then that might help.
2006-12-25 12:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by gileswatches 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you think the sign is for..
Sometimes due to circumstances out of our control we see signs in things that may be coincidences. This might result from our own subconcious trying to bring our attention to something important. It's really a matter of how You look at it. Life is full of events that may or may not be interconnected. Sometimes when we lose hope or faith we tend to see everything as connected, perhaps in an effort to find balance again.
Sorry for the loss of your father. Perhaps he's in a better place now, free of the painful confines of this world.
2006-12-25 09:13:08 · answer #4 · answered by druid_gtfx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lost my dad just before christmas last year.I took care of him 24/7 for 2 years.My older brother takes him and put him the Vets home,he is dead in less then 5 months.
2006-12-25 10:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be... I had coincidences like that before. It turned out I could sometimes predict the future!
2006-12-25 08:42:50 · answer #6 · answered by buddy_2_20_2006!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What type of coincidences are you thinking, write back to me so I can answer your question further or sign for what?
2006-12-25 08:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Tonia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you already know the answer to this.
In mathematics, when two angles are said to coincide that means that they come together. Coinicidences like this are not chance.
2006-12-25 08:44:11 · answer #8 · answered by Mariam S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have things like that hapen to me all the time, too..I think it's defintely a sign from the other side...Your Dad is letting you know he's there watching you..Merry Christmas
2006-12-25 08:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by nprrangergirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All coincidences. Really don't mean much. Sorry for the loss of your Father.
2006-12-25 08:45:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋