House time

[yerkez]

We bought a house last Monday. It's funny. The older I get, the more I believe in fate. When I first lived on this street 5 years ago, I would look at this terribly dilapidated and literally condemned house and think,  that is such a wonderful house, I wish I could buy it and fix it up.  Well, 4 years later the owner finally fixed it up and we were

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[uglybastard]

I think about this quite often. Coincidence seems too unlikely at those moments when things fall into place perfectly. Fate, as you say, or perhaps karma. Some power making sure everything moves in the direction it's supposed to move in. Of late I find myself accepting, almost as fact, the existence of divine providence. Not necessarily a meddling, all powerful, puppet master but an architect who has laid out our paths, regardless of how meandering they may be or seem. Other times, though, I think I might be a sad and naive moron who just can't accept my circumstances at face value. I suppose we just believe whatever it is that we need to in order to relieve the pressures of our lives or connect the dots in our sorted affairs.