Hey there!
Bradley flipped a coin... "Heads" he will get out of his cosy sofa and go get a DVD from Nick, "Tails" he will stay put and watch whatever is on TV.
"Heads" came up. So he went to Nick's place, and instead of taking the DVD back home they decided to watch the movie together. Few beers, this and that, and it got pretty late. Bradley headed home while Nick was too tired to do anything, but was very hungry so he ordered some food. The next day he called up the doctor because he was having a bad stomach ache (ordering that cheap take aways was not a good idea afterall). He called up the doctor at 1pm on Monday, and made a booking for 4 pm.
At 1pm David called up the same clinic, but the phone was busy because Nick was on the phone, so he called again later wanting to book 4pm appointment, but it was already taken by Nick. So he booked the 5pm one. David caught up the bus near his house at 4-30pm, spending some extra time looking for his change. After he took a seat, atfer the bus was passing the second traffic light, a truck smashed into a bus... David died...
But what if Bradley would have flipped the coin and "Tails" came up? Bradley would not have gone to Nick's house. Nick would not have ordered cheap take away food, and instead would have cooked something. Nich would not have suffered a bad stomach ache. Nick would not have called up the clinic. Nick would not have booked the 4pm slot. David would have got that 4pm slot. He would not have need to catch the 4-30pm bus to get to his 5pm appointment. He would not have died. Or would he? What if Nick would have got food poisoning from his own cooking and called in for a doctor and booke the 4 pm appointment anyway? What if when David would have been getting to his bus stop to catch the bus to get to the 4pm appointment would have got his by a car?
Of course there are many other possible ways to describe it, uncountable number of ways, but really...
Do we hold the power in the choices we make to drastically change every little thing around us? Or is everything already pre-determined and the choices that we make only change the way we get to the final outcome? Will my decision not to brush teeth today will ultimately make you a million bucks next year?
Thoughts?...
