Story time

[medico_male]

This is a parable by William Somerset Maugham known as "Appointment in Samara":

Death speaks:There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market ro buy provisions and in a little while the servant cant back, white and trembling, and said, "Master, just now when I was i nthe market place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I

Comments

[pirata_bello]

I've heard that story a few different ways.

[medico_male]

Do you believe in its message?

[pirata_bello]

It implies Fate, which I don't believe in. We make our own destiny.

[medico_male]

I believe that there is no way to escape the big moments in our lives. The events leading up to them were set in motion long before we became aware that we could stop them.

[pirata_bello]

I simply can't believe that. Force of will can change almost anything. Give me a lever big enough, and I'll move the world.