nounpositive connotation

Serendipity

“Finding valuable or agreeable things unexpectedly by chance.”

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Serendipity requires not just luck, but the wisdom to recognize the value in an accidental discovery.

Luck is blind randomness (like winning a dice roll); Serendipity combines chance encounter with insight to turn it into a beneficial insight.

A coincidence can be neutral or tragic; Serendipity is strictly beneficial and fortunate.