Parrot Cove Lodge Coincidence

A few days ago, I wrote a post about the synchronicity that can be found through online networking.

Now, I'm thinking about the synchronicity that can grow from face-to-face conversations.

Just the other day, Hubby and I were at the airport. We'd just landed in Minneapolis after a quick weekend jaunt to Kansas City to visit family.

Back on our home turf, we jumped into a shuttle bus heading for the off-site parking and found ourselves in conversation with the one other passenger on board. He was coming home from Belize.

Belize! We cheered. We honeymooned there!

Turns out, the man actually owns a resort in Belize. The Parrot's Cove Lodge is on the mainland, just south of a small town named Hopkins.

Hubby quickly let it slip that I am a writer, tossing in some bits about my travel writing. Soon, business cards were being swapped.

Continuing our talk, we learned that while he owns a resort in Belize, he still calls Minnesota home. More specifically, it is a small town west of the Twin Cities where he lives.

Again, Hubby and I cheered. Both our families own cabins in that small town.

Will anything ever come of this ten-minute conversation on an airport shuttle bus?

Maybe. Maybe not.

It's still a lesson in the power of reaching out. I know you're not supposed to talk to strangers. But if you do, you just might learn you have more in common than you think.