<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=556432" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>How the Moments Come</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Strange.<br>Strange how the moments come; <br>Those moments upon which one’s world turns.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some seeming insignificances - pure coincidences: <br>Chance at its most mercurial<br>Dealing hands which break the bank or bust, <br>Or less a case of ‘Lady Luck’<br>Than life’s ‘Savings & Loans’<br>Finally coming good for work-weary bones.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All moments could be of the former form<br>Or just as likely the latter, <br>Or maybe ‘fate’ or the finger of God <br>Seeking a dividend on his investment divine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So where do you and I stand on probability and providence…? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Me? Well, I wouldn’t bet against ‘chance’ –<br>Let’s face it, it’s an odds-on favourite! <br>And though the justice the world metes out<br>Falls far short of fairness for all, <br>Generally the books seem to balance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">… But fate? .. Fate I can’t fathom.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Maybe I’m too mechanical, <br>Too straight-laced, too stupid<br>Or just too plain rational, <br>But for me fate flies full in the face of free will –<br>Presumes I’m powerless - my preferences pointless: <br>So I don’t ‘buy’it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Sly thought: if fate existed, it would have to be free –<br>After all, who would buy fait-accompli? ! ]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unless, of course, fate really is<br>Nothing more than holding by chance a ‘Royal Flush’ in hearts, or<br>Nothing less than deity dealing your cards.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tony+Jolley">Tony Jolley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=556432" data-title="How the Moments Come de Tony Jolley" data-description="Strange. Strange how the moments come; Those moments upon which one’s world turns. Some seeming insignificances - pure coincidences: Chance at its most mercurial Dealing hands which break the bank or bust, Or less a case of ‘Lady Luck’ T..."></div> </div> </div>

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