Jewish comedy writer for "Seinfeld" tells his story about why he will be joining Catholic Church this Easter.
His story demonstrates a phenomenon called "synchronicity" - "a coincidence of events that seem related: the coincidence of events that seem related, but are not obviously caused one by the other."
Whether "synchronicity" grabs you - like it did the author, Tom Leonard - depends on who you are. In M. Night Shyalaman's movie "Signs," one character observes:
"People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in Group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in very suspicious way. For them, the situation isn't fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear."
Another way of looking at the two groups is "grace."
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