Life is based on probabilities, on variable change. This is illustrated by the Monty Hall theory, which requires us to imagine a show host with a contestant asked to pick one of three different doors. Behind one of the doors, a brand new car is found whereas the other two have goats behind them. When the contestant chooses door 2, the show host reveals that behind door 1 is a goat. S (he) then asks the contestant if he wants to stick with door 2 or change his choice. Although generally people may think that the chances of having the car behind doors 2 and 3 are 50/50, science proved this notion wrong as the chance of winning the car is greater when changing to door 3 and this is what variable change is all about.
The above theory is applicable in maths, the big question is: could it also be applicable in life? The answer depends on individual perception, so there’s a 50% chance that it is pertinent and 50% chance that it’s not.
Have you ever asked yourself the following questions, because I personally have, many times indeed?
Why does it seem that when we least expect it, life sets the change we’ve always dreamt of having? Why is it that when we want something badly, the world tends to connive so as to thwart us from getting it? Why is life, most of the time, cruel and annihilates our ambitions and vanquishes our dreams and visions of tomorrow by the present and what today holds? All these questions are unanswerable.
A simple illustration of what I face almost everyday is this: Last week, I wanted to go to the gym and while getting ready, I was looking for a particular training suit which I hadn’t worn in a long time. I had planned to wear it particularly but as I looked almost everywhere for it, I couldn’t find it so I had to wear another one instead. Yesterday, while arranging my closet, the training suit was completely out of my mind but surprisingly, it was the first thing my eyes encountered. I astoundingly gazed at it and started thinking whether it is possible that when you actually give up on something, it works the exact way you want it to.
Another incident which is extracted from a friend’s experience taught me that we should always expect the unexpected. That friend had always been against arranged marriages. In fact, she had been in several relationships which came to naught. One day, her mother told her that people were visiting them in the evening to see her because she was, according to them, a potential wife for their son. The girl rejected the idea with rage and disgust but her aunt convinced her to just sit with them and be nice and reminded her that she could always say no when they pop the question. To her surprise, when she sat with his family, she felt very comfortable and decided to give herself a chance so she went out with their son and realized that out of all the relationships she had been in, this was the most successful. She was deeply in love and finally tied the matrimony knot. When asked now, she strongly supports arranged marriages and says that ‘an arranged marriage’ was the reason for her current happiness.
The above incidents and many other similar ones compel me to ask myself over and over again: Is it possible that when you care and worry less, untoward results become less likely? Is it possible that when we stop worrying at all, life takes a detour and brings us the joy and comfort we didn’t expect we’d get while distressing? As I mentioned earlier, life may be based on variable change, which signifies that in order to gain the best results, it is always better to follow the change and do the unexpected, so maybe it’s time to stop worrying and instead of complaining and saying that we are not ready when life brings with it the change we don’t expect, we should accept it and seize the opportunity to do things differently because such a moment may bring about challenge by which our destinies will be transformed.
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