A few months ago I met a woman that I really liked. We seemed to have a lot in common and shared similar values. On our third date we had a disagreement about whether or not things happened by chance. I said that nothing happens by chance. She said she never wanted to see me again.
Because of the ending of that relationship I ended up back in Vietnam. Had she not dumped me I would have stayed here in Rhode Island for the winter. A few weeks into my trip to Vietnam I knew I was meant to be there. I absolutely knew that I had to be there. (See my travel blog at Vietnam trip.) Nothing happens by chance, not even a pretty girl telling you to take a hike.
Time after time these past few months I have been amazed to see every little thing come into place as if I were dancing a dance perfectly stepping into my spot on the dance floor. Things that I used to think were happening at random became so obvious that there was some clear intelligence operating behind the scenes. I could see that everything was happening according to some kind of organization.
I don't want to say that we live in a predestined world, that fate controls everything we do or say. It's not that at all. It's much more complicated. It is as if each of us live multi-dimensional lives. There is more going on in the universe, in our lives, than we can ever imagine. Just know that not one tiny detail in your life is random and inconsequential. Everything serves a purpose, maybe for you, maybe for someone else. Whatever. Everything is perfect. Everything.
Knowing this requests just one thing from us: watch. Don't let these events pass unnoticed. Enjoy the synchronicity of it all. Enjoy the dance. Nothing by chance. The more I witness the purpose behind life the more satisfying my life is.
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Thank you for sharing this. I found it very helpful.
I may 'believe' nothing happens by chance, but I do not 'know' this.
It is an interesting idea and it does make it easier to 'understand' the world and to accept difficult times and so on.
I'm careful not to be an idealogue on this issue because then I am insisting this is 'the way' just like the Jehovah's who knock at my door; or the krishna's I see dancing in the airport; or the mullahs who promise suicide bombers that virgins are waiting for them in heaven.
It is my belief that little or nothing happens by chance but I do not know this for fact.
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