The first known use of the word was on January 28th, 1754 (Boyle). Horace Walpole was the mastermind behind the word. Walpole wrote a letter to a friend in which he first introduced the word Serendipity (Boyle). Walpole got the idea of the word from a fairytale called The Three Princes of Serendip (Oxford English Dictionary). The Three Princes of Serendip is written by Cristoforo Armeno. The story was originally published in 1557. The main plot line of the story is where the three princes always run into accidental luck when they were not looking for it (Boyle). Thus, the theme of this story spurred the definition of “Serendipity” …show more content…
The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.” This quote helps the public understand that “Serendipity” does not happen all the time. There are events or different actions that can influence where a person eventually ends up (Christensen). Serendipity is a word that describes the rarity of accidental luck. Not everything in life is influenced by chance; however, there does need to be an event that gets that individual in the direction of attaining “Serendipity”