Making sense of randomness

It takes very specific circumstances to create specific
results. If we are attentive, we can watch them align
to create something magical. 

I have a very loud internal voice that is always questioning whether things happen for a reason, or if they are completely random. Are things pre-determined, or does everything happen spontaneously and independently? If we only look forward, then it is all random, because nothing has happened yet. But if we look back, doesn't everything seem to line up? Isn't the reason you are living in that city because of the job you decided to leave? Didn't the bad breakup teach you about what was and wasn't true love, and didn't it lead you to consider something different as a result? 


The truth that I choose to believe is that each action has a reaction. Each effect had a cause. We can choose to pay attention to these relationships, or we can completely ignore them and say it is all just random. The truth that I choose to believe is that, even if someone randomly stumbles across some mind chatter I chose to write on a blog that no one ever sees or knows about, that reading my words can resonate with them somehow. Maybe it was exactly what they needed to hear at that exact moment. Maybe my positive action can have a positive reaction. 


Pay attention. Stay alert. See the connections. You can only see them if you are watching. It takes very specific circumstances to create specific reactions and results in nature, and within ourselves. If we are attentive, we can watch them align to create something magical.