Friday, September 26, 2014

The Chances of Me

If a little Italian guy in 1328, by the last name of Matarazzo (and, no doubt, looking exactly like Mario from the Nintendo games), had bent over to pick up a dropped spoon and, as a result, had missed seeing a beautiful girl walk by, things might not have unfolded from gallant introduction, to marriage, to ancestral line...and I might never have existed. And you would never have read this.

But, because, instead of having dropped the spoon, he fumbled a little and recovered and, sipping his soup, leveled his gaze at a dark-haired beauty to whom he simply had to speak, I am here to annoy you with posts like this.

Maybe God made him catch the spoon. Maybe Fate made him catch it. Maybe it is just pure, un-biased chance.

Either way, it inspires a feeling of awe, does it not?


2 comments:

  1. Good post Mr. Mat I often think about how my life would be different if I chose to do one thing instead of the other. It's interesting thinking about whether fate is the reason or freedom to choose your actions.

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    1. In the words of Neil Peart, "if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." In the words of Oedipus: "Dude -- are you KIDDING me?"

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