serendipity
definition
the occurrence of fortunate events by chance or luck
example
Their meeting was pure serendipity, occurring just when they both needed to hear each other's perspective.
synonyms
chancefortuneluck
word origin — The word 'serendipity' was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, inspired by the Persian fairy tale 'The Three Princes of Serendip,' in which the princes make discoveries by accidents and sagacity of things they were not in quest of.