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I have a lot of amazing coincidences in my life<\/span>
\nAs luck would have it<\/span>
\nI don’t believe in such things<\/span><\/p>\n

This poem is intentionally ambiguous — much like much of life is ambiguous.\u00a0 Most people tend to bring a certain perspective to this ambiguity.\u00a0 Some people view fortuitous coincidences as the effect of some beneficient force, such a God or some version of a friendly universe.\u00a0 Some people view unfortunate coincidences as the effect of some nefarious force.\u00a0 Some people view coincidences as dumb luck, sometimes seemingly helpful, sometimes seemingly harmful.\u00a0 Are these perspectives caused in some deterministic fashion, chosen by us, or granted us by some mysterious source?\u00a0 It seems to me that the answer we give to this question depends on our assumptions.\u00a0 I am fascinated by these recursive issues — while others may simply find themselves cursing over and over!\u00a0 In some strange way, my hope and optimism springs eternal from the apparent reality that it is impossible to NOT believe something; that is, we MUST believe in something that cannot be proved with certainty.\u00a0 While this could be viewed as a maddening trick by a cruel or indifferent universe, I see it as the essential wiggle room that we need to play the creative games as in the image-ining of our Creator.\u00a0 Choose an assumption.\u00a0 Believe in something.\u00a0 See where it leads.\u00a0 Our assumptions do matter.\u00a0 They change the world.\u00a0 They change us.\u00a0 Our faith will incarnate into the world.\u00a0 Regardless of what beliefs you act on, you will manifest a reality congruent with them.\u00a0 Be the change that you want to see in the world.\u00a0 Is it some amazing coincidence that our free will acts upon the chains of causality?\u00a0 Of course, if you don’t believe in free will, then belief is meaningless, and all is determined for you; and you can rest assured that your meaningless situation is someone or something else’s fault.\u00a0 As luck would have it, I don’t believe in such things.<\/p>\n

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