Serendipity
Serendipity is the blessing of making fortunate discoveries by accident. It is finding what you didn’t know you were looking for, perhaps while you were looking for something else.
This loveliest , most wondrous word in the English language is my favorite. It is even a philosophy of life since I have often chosen to embrace the unknown, hoping that whatever it brings, Carpe Diem, will enrich me….
My life is filled with serendipitous events, coincidental connections of people and places, of music and words, of small graces and timely help coming out of the blue…guardian angels responding to unarticulated pleas…
Truth be told, having no plans other than to allow myself to be astonished by life, has created at times a disorderly and unpredictable lifestyle, but behold the lilies of the field…
There is no map to the land of Serendipity. You cannot plot a course to reach it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere, and when you lose your bearings, be open to the outcome…
Bon Voyage!
*On old nautical maps, cartographers inscribed uncharted regions with the legend “Here Be Monsters.” Sometimes they would draw pictures of these fanciful beasts rising from the waters, and occasionally would even show them devouring wayward ships. This fear of the unknown, of that future that lies just past the horizon, has been with us always. One has to be willing to cross that line to reach the land of Serendipity!
michèle voltaire marcelin
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.
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