Parable of the Talents

In one of Terry Pratchett’s books about young witch Tiffany Aching – a denizen of Discworld – he repeatedly makes the point that the world is full of omens. It is up to us pick the ones we like. Like many seemingly off-the-cuff remarks that Pratchett peppers through his stories, this one resonated with me. Because I am often stopped in my tracks by events – often peculiar-seeming coincidences – that make me wonder if somebody, somewhere, is trying to tell me something. And the next question that always occurs is what I should do about…