Saturday, February 27, 2010

Fortune Fortune, Oh Fickle Fortune

Have you ever seen Run Lola Run?

Our realities are fickle. We have no control.

That's what I glimpsed from the film anyway.
It's really an interesting concept. I don't find it dark or eerie really, just completely true.

If you make a decision, you have immediately made a path for yourself, a path you an entirely ignorant of at the time. And its not just big, obviously life-changing decisions that have immense effects.

Suppose you hold the door open for your elderly neighbor on your way to the grocery store, those few seconds of your time can alter your entire life if you venture to think about it.
Silly example.

We make these trivial, seemingly insignificant decisions every single day, several times a day.
And we never will know, at the time, what effect those minute details will have on us.

So many "what ifs"...
Life is like one big chain of dominoes.

It all makes me feel so unaware. Yet, I also feel kind of free. Like it's not in my hands, therefore I shouldn't bog myself down worrying about it.
It also makes things seem impossible.
How did the universe weave together all of these random, pointless events to culminate into this?

Twas meant to happen, I suppose.
Much like everything else.