Nothing is coincidental.
If nothing is coincidental and everything happens for a reason, what is the reason why Mr. Bebs lost his wife, a sibling, and his son all in the same year? I can’t start to imagine what grief it must be. His wife died of cancer (I think) and in a way, probably less painful because he’s prepared for it. At the wake his sibling came and had a heart attack that night, so it became a double wake. Then last October, in a company outing, his 28 year old son got towed in the undercurrent and got lost at sea. What could he have done in his past life to deserve such tragedy? How does one cope with such pain? I don’t want to know. I don’t want it to happen to me or anyone I love. Knock on wood.
Matt’s friend Gareth spent Christmas and New Year in the hospital. His knee operation got a complication and they have to operate again. And yet again yesterday. He might be stuck in the hospital until February. If nothing is coincidental, what good will come out from this? Hmmm, Kanye West started writing songs that made him famous after being stuck in the hospital for months. Maybe Gareth will become super famous too then I’d just be two degrees of separation from him!
Apple has nice fonts because Steve Jobs took Typography as an elective in university. Housewife Cory Aquino led the historic 1st People Power in the world after her husband was shot. Rubber as we know today was stabilized because Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich accidentally left some near the fire.
On a humbler, personal note, gutfeel tells me the scholar I used to send to school (who became my friend) will touch my life more in the future than I have touched hers. My new year was happy because two months prior, I dragged myself to attend a post wedding party even when I wasn’t feeling very well. And the first person I met on my first day of school became my best friend for almost 14 years now. Nothing is coincidental. But I am still figuring out what is the relevance of me forcing my two best friends to record the song “Friends are friends forever” complete with voicings.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:08 am
I take the deistic view of God that he does not directly intervene in life. That the chips fall where they may. Randomness. But I do believe in serenedipity.