Synchronicity

Ever have one of those days when you felt more in tune with the world?

Traffic lights are green just when you need them to be, the kettle boils just when you’re ready for it, you arrive at the supermarket checkouts at the instant the cashier opens a new till. Things click.

These days might be few and far between, or you might have all of the things I’ve mentioned happen to you and not get the feeling that you and the world were marching to the same drum. What would it be like if someone had this all the time?

What if they had grown up thinking this was normal, and then one day noticed that other people didn't have this unconscious...timing? Would they come to the conclusion that the world was being run for them and them alone? What would go through their mind? How would they react? How could they react, if the world was forming itself around their intentions and their actions?

It’s an interesting idea. Unfortunately, if I sat down to write a short story along these lines, I would feel honour bound to kill this bastard by taking away this wonderful quality of theirs at the moment they were halfway across a busy road. You can do that, you know, when you’re writing someone’s life.
Probably best if this chap stays unwritten about, if only for his own sake.

Still, when you’ve considered Mr. Synchronicity, what would befall his opposite?

I have days when I think I might just be that person.