The Miracle of Fate

 

fatalist - noun - someone who feels that no matter what he or she does, the outcome will be the same because it is predetermined. (vocabulary.com)

I don't know about you, but I tend to rely on evidence to steer my system of beliefs in the right direction. Most find it hard to believe in anything sans proof. For one, there is affirmation that predetermination is real. For example, COVID's habit of being randomly indiscriminate in terms of who survives it and who parishes from it confirms what I call the miracle of fate. Or simply put, when it is your time to go, you're going. If it isn't, you're staying. But COVID alone isn't the sole confirmation that fate is valid. Miracles involving fate happen all of the time. They are just left unreported due to the penchant for dirty laundry that I covered four blogs back. 

Case in point: The ninety-one-year-old father of several sibling friends with whom I attended high school prefers to live alone in the family home that he has owned and inhabited for over fifty years. His one daughter, who lives in the same town, my hometown, checks up on him daily. 

A month or two ago, the gentleman lost his balance whilst traveling up a narrow staircase in his foyer and fell backwards down to the base of the steps. At the point of impact, his skull dislodged from the base of his spine so that he was internally decapitated, and yet, he did not die. An hour or more later, his daughter found him and called 911. After he arrived at the nearest hospital, surgeons reattached what needed to be reattached via metal plates. The patient recuperated successfully and is, at present, living his life and even driving a car with the help of mirrors since he cannot turn his head from right to left or left to right. A miracle? I'd say so. There is no reason why this man at ninety-one or any other age should not have died at any time after the fall. He just didn't. Now do you know why I'm a fatalist? He didn't pass on because it just wasn't his time to leave. His number just hasn't come up yet. And I'm sure his family is glad it hasn't.

In reality, there are events such as the aforementioned that cannot be explained solely via science, which is why so many scientists and others believe in God, the master of fate and other miracles. As my dearly departed mother used to say, maybe it's time to "let go and let God." Keep strong, keep the faith, and don't allow your fear to take the wheel with or without mirrors. 

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