Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
"Our serendipitous meeting led to a breakthrough collaboration."
Describing fortunate unexpected events
"What a lucky coincidence that we met"
"How serendipitous that we met"
Demonstrates appreciation for life's beautiful accidents
From the Persian fairy tale "The Three Princes of Serendip" (Serendip being the old name for Sri Lanka). The princes were always making discoveries by accident.
Coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 in a letter to his friend, describing his ability to discover things he wasn't looking for.
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