Serendipity

Hey readers! Sorry for being absent the last couple weeks. I’ve been busy but I hope you all had a great time with the holidays and spending that time with people you love.

For today, I wanted to share a small passage from my book “Serendipity”. What you’re reading will be the introduction so I hope you love what you are reading and wait patiently for me to finish and release the book for all of you.

Thank you.


“Serendipity” [Introduction]

Oftentimes we are confined to definitions that are already defined for us by others. Success and failure are great examples. To win and to lose. That is the basic definition of these words. We learn them very young in life, from everything we see around us to everything we hear. Everything is about success and failure. It is only when a person decides for themselves whether or not they want to delve into the complexities of not just the word but the concepts that formulate the word, that they start to find profound meaning in what others couldn’t.

I’ve spent the last 2-3 years relentlessly exploring what success and failure is. The complexities drove me mad but it would eventually lead me to this very moment. Serendipity. 

It’s not a term that we hear often, the only time I’ve ever heard of it was in music or as a movie title. Funny enough, this entire journey started because of a song called “Serendipity” by LewLoh. The song ignited my curiosity, the contrast of man and woman, light and dark, fire and water, success and failure. This self exploration was happening during a very rough time in my life where I hated those I loved, where I was angry for everything that made me happy. Exploring serendipity gave me purpose but this purpose was a destructive path towards something extremely profound. Serendipity was no longer just a term, it became a state of mind – a lens through which I’ve unraveled the complexities of my pain, suffering and pursuit towards a tranquil life. 

“Good luck in unexpected places”, Serendipity was the gem in the dark. Something I would profoundly find in the darkest moments of my life unveiling a brand new outlook on pain and suffering. For pain and suffering is an inevitable part of life, yet choosing to understand them becomes a choice many ignore. My journey was fueled by naivety and shame, leading me to new realms of reality I was far too ignorant to understand. Where I sought for peace, chaos was in the shadows waiting for a moment of weakness. There had to exist a balance. For every lesson I learned a part of who I was died in the sacrifice for my pursuit for wisdom. 

This may sound complex, maybe it is, but my life has always had a complexity to it that I too didn’t properly understand until just a couple years ago when I travelled on this journey for Serendipity. This book is not a guide but about my life, my mistakes and failures, people who have come and gone, and ultimately what it is to be human. Serendipity is that for me, the understanding of me, learning to be happy with me, and thus learning to be better for others that I love and care for. We start with the simple term of “Serendipity” and hopefully by the end we finish with a fresh perspective and new state of mind.