serenity versus serendipity

staying home while being sick has one great plus - you get to think a lot... now, while realizing that my first post here did sound a bit of an overreaction to a normal daily life routine - we're adults now, remember? - i'm trying to react differently. 
so - while in kindergarden that icicle was a major trouble of the day causing damaged eyebrows and many unshed tears, the 'icicles' you get on your head in your adult life - not so deadly anymore!


which brings me to the latest thought inspired by a talk i remembered hearing at the last AmericanSocietyOfCellBiology in San Diego last year... i believe it was held by Peter Walter - an amazing scientist and a great philosopher of our days. for the first time i my life i was fascinated by the easiness one explained how science works...
he used the term 'serendipity' - the major thing you recognize you need and cannot get on your own by studying hard and working your ass off. wikipedia - the modern shrine of wisdom besides the Chinese fortune cookies! - explains it as 'a propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated' 
use it as you wish - in the daily life or science. 
i just hope i will find my serendipity. just because my serenity is regained by now...


6th of december. location: same. time: early afternoon, just right for a cup of coffee. without cigarettes.