coincidental?
“You cant describe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence, thats all anything ever is, nothing more than coincidence. There are no miracles. There is no such thing as fate. Nothing is meant to be.”
- 500 Days of Summer -
i remember Kenny telling me before, that believing in fate is an easy excuse for those who fail and not try again. it’s a fatalistic thought but in hindsight, it’s well, sadly true. how many people out there give up and say it’s all fated in whatever they do? relationships, career etc. how hard or how many times have they tried before throwing hands up and say it’s all fated? i am one of those who had said that at some point in my life, but now i have learnt to use the word ‘fate’ more carefully, with more thought and consideration. i am not as fatalistic to abandon the word ‘fate’ for i believe that there are still some beyond-comprehension miracles that can happen in everyday life. call them coincidences? perhaps.
when i begin to assess life’s disappointments and regrets in an objective manner (pardon the pun, objective?! haha), i learn about myself, my fears in facing certain things about myself and most of the times, i play a part in the outcomes. mistakes? sometimes you made them even though you never thought you would. 人很奇怪。
nowadays, whenever i retract about a decision made, i only have to remember what my chum says, ‘what have you got to lose in this?’