In 1754 (on this day) Horace Walpole wrote a letter to Horace Mann, and let slip his creation of the "very expressive word" ... serendipity
This discovery indeed is almost of that kind which I call serendipity, a very expressive word ...
The word comes from a (originally Persian) story called The Three Princes of Serendip, the Persian name for Sri Lanka - the princes were according to Walpole,
always making discoveries, by accident and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of
A short history of the word serendipity (Interesting Literature blog)
after all, aren't most of us happy accidents?
I remember David Walsh saying that his biggest piece of luck was just being born. We are all very random results of happy accidents. And not always what we expected.
Gambling is 'immoral' says gambler turned MONA founder, David Walsh (ABC 7.30, David Walsh interview with Leigh Sales)
At home with David Walsh, the Gambler (The Monthly)
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