In My World

"Einstein argued that [...] God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer." ~ Brooks

A funny and true story that illustrates how things go in my life. First for those who do not know, I cannot eat meat, that includes seafood, pork, beef, any of those fine foods that add so much to life.

A few years ago we went to Blanchard Springs with some of my family that was visiting. We took the long walk through the caverns and were back in the park ready for lunch. As we were making sandwiches and getting food ready at the picnic table I was making a peanut butter and jam sandwich. I had just spread peanut butter on a slice of bread when there was a noise above the table in a tree. The next thing we saw was a beautiful bright green cicada leg drop directly onto the bread and stick in the peanut butter. My Uncle Woods could not stop laughing, and I just sat there and stared at it, trying to comprehend what was contaminating my lunch. As my mother said, things like that only happened to me. I believe she has a long list of such events since infancy and I can only say that in the face of such life-long adversity it is a wonder sometimes that I get up in the morning. Truly my life is built of the moments of which you must say, "You have to laugh, because if you don't you would cry."

And so with Einstein's quote in mind, since these events are not capricious or arbitrary, into what am I being forged?