Is there a word for something happening after you wish for it?
For example, saying "I wish I could pet a dog right now", then a person walking their dog comes around to corner.
Is there a word for this outside the realm of faith aside from calling it a wish coming true?
Solution 1:
serendipity could work (or serendipitous as a modifier)
It was serendipity that a dog appeared moments after I thought I'd enjoy giving one a good head-scratch.
serendipity from Oxford online dictionaries.
The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
‘a fortunate stroke of serendipity’
Origin 1754: coined by Horace Walpole, suggested by The Three Princes of Serendip, the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes ‘were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of’.
Solution 2:
You could say that it's fortuitous:
From Merriam-Webster:
- occurring by chance
- a : fortunate, lucky
b : coming or happening by a lucky chance
-- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortuitous
Specifically definition 2b seems to fit here.
Solution 3:
If such an action is not deemed to be by chance, luck or coincidence, turning to providential Cambridge and its many interpretations is popular.
occurring at a favorable time; opportune; happening exactly when needed but without being planned
As in:
No way man. that was err ... providential!