Day 29

Monday, September 29, 2025

Streeterville

The topic of tonight’s walk was “Do things happen for a reason?” I argued that everything is so random, it must be orchestrated or at least meaningful because if it isn’t, there’s no real reason for anything to happen considering that almost every occurrence in life is impossible. Marco’s argument was that everything is so unlikely, there is no way that it could be planned. Of course, this isn’t an argument that either of us were expecting to win, and in the end, I think both are valid positions. People’s point of view relies heavily on how they were raised.

My theory is that my perspective is formed primarily from my religious upbringing and the incessant need to find meaning in everything. That’s the way I deal with the good, bad, and ugly in life.