It's funny how the things in life come together and fall apart simultaneously. Some believe that everything happens for a reason. Others believe it's just luck of the draw. Maybe some think it's a combination.
I'm not quite sure what I believe. I'd would like to think that things happen for a reason, but when you strip everything away...it really comes down to the choices you make. In a split second you can change your whole life course with one simple decision that took you a fraction of a second to make. Crazy right? So how does reason or fate know that you were going to make that decision? And if it does know the choices you are going to make..then what's the point of life? If your life is already mapped out for you, are you just along for the ride?
What if life is like a computer game where every person is given a default setting and everything is just a great big experiment. What if something greater than us wanted to give us different options for our life course to see what settings produce the greatest outcome. Like what factors produce "evil" people and what factors produce "good" people.
Life is such a complex thing that it would be crazy to say anyone has it all figured out. I mean, have you ever driven down a highway and all of a sudden become aware of everything around you? Where are all these people going? How many are headed home from work? How many are driving because they are angry or sad? How many people are sick of the life they are living? How many are just passing through? It's a crazy thought. And that's just one stretch of road way...think of all the other roads, subdivisions, cities, states, continents. Your world just got a whole lot bigger.
What blows my mind in these situations is thinking about all the emotions I have ever had. Thinking about all the times I ever felt alone or that I was going through something no one has ever gone through. The thought that no one in the world knew what I was feeling...at these type of moments, I feel insignificant. Not so much in a bad way, but in a "how could I be so naive in thinking such a thing" way. Everything I have ever thought or felt, someone, somewhere, has thought or felt the same thing. I have never been alone. We are never alone.
I'm not saying I believe in any of the above statements but these are things that cross my mind. Just little questions I have asked myself when I don't understand the world around me.
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