Time & Chance

Time & Chance

My wife and I spent 12 hours at MD Anderson this past Monday. While waiting for various steps in her treatment and updates we both noticed that there was no rhyme or reason for the patients, family member and care givers we observed.

Regardless of race, age, gender, political affiliation, vocation or anything else we could think of, cancer touched each of us in one way or another.

Time and chance happen to everyone.

Time and chance are variables in life. Not always in the ways we expect. Sometimes to the good and sometimes to the bad.

We are all subject to time and chance.

Time is always limited. Some get more and some get less.

We really ought to judge ourselves and others not by the amount of time granted to us in this life but by what we choose to do with it. Not by the volume of what we do but by the value we share with others.

Chance…well, it happens. We should not judge ourselves or anyone else by what happens beyond a person’s control. We ought to look to how a person responds to whatever life might bring. We can’t control for variables like cancer or someone else driving drunk or whatever but we can control how we respond to it.

Waiting at MDA, we saw a lot of people responding to time and chance. People fighting, struggling, accepting and through it all, in some way or another, still writing their own stories.

What is the core of your story? How have you responded to time and chance? Our responses define us far more than what happens to us along the way.

A final thought. In my business, I connect with a lot of people and get to share some small part in their stories. It is amazing to hear about what we each have to deal with in life’s journey.   Always happy to share and learn more. Feel free to reach out.