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I just love them: these moments, when the universe tells me\u00a0“that’s all right, you’re on the right track”. Just when a bad mood\u00a0comes around, or even better: when everything\u00a0feels going right\u00a0and this moment\u00a0makes life even better.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I love these moments. I would\u00a0almost say I am\u00a0addicted to them. My favorite moment this week was this:<\/p>\n

In front of a cafe I am waiting for my appointment and see one of these book exchange shelves. (The concept is simple: you take a book from such a public library on the street, bring\u00a0it back later or keep it. In return you put another book on the shelf.)<\/p>\n

As\u00a0my date is late, I walk over and let my eyes gaze\u00a0over the rows of books that go from\u00a0a\u00a0guide about guinea pigs to the typical\u00a0the\u00a0Stephen King thriller. Just nothing that arouses my curiosity.<\/p>\n

“This cannot be true, there must be something here,” I think, disappointed with the lack of success.<\/p>\n

So I continue searching, walk around the shelf several times, read meticulously every title. And there it is: An insignificant book titled\u00a0Mirjam<\/em>. Amused, I pull it out between two thick books. Even if my name is written differently, namely Miriam<\/em>, this is\u00a0reason enough to be satisfied with my find. Only then, I see the cover picture. It shows a fragment of a floor mosaic of the Church of the Multiplication\u00a0in Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So terrific was this double chance that I almost lost my atheistic attitude. Is\u00a0someone up there telling me something? And if, what? Smiling about these weird thoughts, I put the book into my bag.<\/p>\n

Maybe these magic things happen when you give them\u00a0the time to happen. If you stop in front of a book shelf\u00a0you would otherwise have run by.<\/p>\n

No, that would be too easy. In the end I believe in a higher power. An energy that holds this world together. Whether it is called God, universe or fate doesn’t really matter to me, as long as it\u00a0brings\u00a0moments like this and makes me happy.<\/p>\n

Now, I just have to think about what I put back on the bookshelf.<\/p>\n

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