Ever thought about how close you’ve been to change your life? One measly decision could’ve changed the entire way that your life would’ve gone down. That one risk you took, or the risk you didn’t take when you were younger. The time when it was too cloudy to go skydive on a day that was not supposed to be cloudy at all? Or the time that you got into an accident on your way to skydive and still did it anyway, ignoring any kind of sign you may have been receiving. Or how about the time you go to a barbecue and meet the person who would make the biggest impact in your life for the next 10 years? How about the time you decide to break up with that person who just wasn’t really feeling you like you were feeling them? Or deciding to go out to a club with some friends and making some questionable decisions? Or how about avoiding going out on the night that your friend d got in the car and never made it back home? How about applying for two jobs as soon as you could and getting the call for both, but accepting one over the other? How would it have played out if you would’ve accepted the other job? Would you have met one of your best buds and probable worst heartbreak ever? Would that have made me a better person? What would’ve happened if you wouldn’t have applied to go to that serious job at the end of the day? All because you didn’t really want to grow up so quickly? Or how about taking that trip to the city that never sleeps all on your own and falling in love with a location as soon as your feet hit the sidewalk. Where would I be if I followed everyone else’s advice instead of going for a challenge? Would I be in the same position now? If I hadn’t been an Eagles fan would I have as much fun at games? (hard no on the last one). What about choosing to make an effort instead of giving up when things got difficult? What would’ve been different if I had just given up? What would happen if I chose to be spiteful instead of ambitious? How different would life be if I was okay with settling? Would my future kids be okay with who I was if I didn’t get through exactly what I went through?

All of these are pretty valid questions.

I’ve read somewhere something around the lines of “coincidences are Gods way of remaining anonymous”. The more I think about it, the more I believe it. One small change in my routine or in my plans and who knows where I’d be. It’s a little fun to think about it because everyday we make decisions that will impact the rest of our lives and we don’t even know it. There are days where I feel like it’s a waste of time to think about all of those coincidences that brought me to this point, but there are days like today that just make me want to give thanks for all of those same coincidences and not forget that all ordinary things could turn out to be something extraordinary after a while.

I’m thankful for all of the coincidences.