Synchronicity

After a couple of days of meditation and some casual reading about Buddhism, I had a chance encounter in a parking lot this afternoon. A woman who arrived at the same time I did asked for help using the pay kiosk, and we got into a conversation. Long story short, she handed me this card:

It's for Sokka Gakkai International, a Buddhist organization that has a meeting group in my city. I'm not the type to believe that something is "fate" or whatever, but I really think this came to me now because it's a time in my life when I'm truly receptive to it. Their next "Intro to Buddhism" meeting that doesn't conflict with my work is in a couple of weeks, and I'm definitely going. In the meantime I'm going to keep meditating, and read some of the stuff on their website to familiarize myself with their specific branch of Buddhism. I'm pretty excited!