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PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1649 posts
3/4/2021 12:45 am
Crossing paths

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A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 12:47 am

Is it surprising that the one college course I dropped was Philosophy? lol

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


MrsJoe 76F
17409 posts
3/4/2021 5:59 am

No, I can't say that I totally believe that. I do believe the Lord brings certain people into my life for a good reason, either for me or for them.
But in general, I think most people I meet are just by chance, a part of life.


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Rentier2 79M
951 posts
3/4/2021 7:10 am

    Quoting PearlsWthMyJeans:
    Is it surprising that the one college course I dropped was Philosophy? lol
That was my favourite course.


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/4/2021 9:33 am

By what agency?


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 10:29 am

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    No, I can't say that I totally believe that. I do believe the Lord brings certain people into my life for a good reason, either for me or for them.
    But in general, I think most people I meet are just by chance, a part of life.

I agree with you, MrsJoe, that most people we meet are just by chance and a part of life.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 10:30 am

    Quoting Rentier2:
    That was my favourite course.
Glad to know you enjoyed philosophy, Rentier.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 10:38 am

Please elaborate. It's not clear to me what part of my post your question relates to.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
3/4/2021 11:49 am

I don't really believe that either. I'm at a loss to know how to answer the question truth be told lol.


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 12:15 pm

    Quoting Maudie1:
    I don't really believe that either. I'm at a loss to know how to answer the question truth be told lol.
Agreed, Maudie. Every time this quote turns up on social media and so many people wholeheartedly agree with it I am always surprised.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/4/2021 12:29 pm

My comment relates to the premise of your post ." “We don't meet people by accident. Everyone is meant to cross our path for a reason.”

If there is a "reason" then logic demands an agency......If meetings are not accidental, there is some kind of conscious agency that causes it......what or who is that agency?


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 12:39 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    My comment relates to the premise of your post ." “We don't meet people by accident. Everyone is meant to cross our path for a reason.”

    If there is a "reason" then logic demands an agency......If meetings are not accidental, there is some kind of conscious agency that causes it......what or who is that agency?

Maybe the author of the quote was thinking of divine agency.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
3/4/2021 1:35 pm

    Quoting PearlsWthMyJeans:
    Maybe the author of the quote was thinking of divine agency.
Which "divine agency".....There are so many.....and what is the intent or reason that this divinity would direct the lives of 8 billion people in this way?....Does this divinity manipulate every aspect of the Universe according to it's purpose?.......Do Humans not have free will?........


Koffla 68M
12311 posts
3/4/2021 4:03 pm



I don't pay too much attention to quotes, and I don't believe things happen for a reason. It will be like saying that things happen when planets align.





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myseek1 80F
1376 posts
3/4/2021 4:57 pm

Most humans crossing my way have no significant impact on my life...... But when I look back there are many coincidences (?) - bad ones and such that felt good right from the beginning - that were "guideposts" to where I am standing now. I believe that we are more than just a body that will die some day. Our soul or call it spirit is the surviving "essence" on a higher level of consciousness. I believe in rebirth in a new body with the level of consciousness gained in past lives...... Am I now getting sidetracked and missing the point? LOL

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, what you do are in harmony - M. Gandhi


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 11:40 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    Which "divine agency".....There are so many.....and what is the intent or reason that this divinity would direct the lives of 8 billion people in this way?....Does this divinity manipulate every aspect of the Universe according to it's purpose?.......Do Humans not have free will?........
All great questions, Sparkle.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 11:54 pm

    Quoting Koffla:


    I don't pay too much attention to quotes, and I don't believe things happen for a reason. It will be like saying that things happen when planets align.


Agreed .. I don't usually pay much attention to quotes either. But every once in a while one pops up on social media that catches my attention, sometimes in a good way and sometimes not so good. Interesting about planets aligning ... my family never bought into the notion that the position of celestial objects could influence human affairs. Then my uncle married a woman who directed an astrology school, presided over an astrological association, and authored dozens of books on the subject. After that marriage it was like, "Let's have a family gathering for the family members who still speak to each other.". lol

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!


PearlsWthMyJeans 68F
1708 posts
3/4/2021 11:59 pm

    Quoting myseek1:
    Most humans crossing my way have no significant impact on my life...... But when I look back there are many coincidences (?) - bad ones and such that felt good right from the beginning - that were "guideposts" to where I am standing now. I believe that we are more than just a body that will die some day. Our soul or call it spirit is the surviving "essence" on a higher level of consciousness. I believe in rebirth in a new body with the level of consciousness gained in past lives...... Am I now getting sidetracked and missing the point? LOL
That's a very interesting point about how people in your life served as guideposts, Myseek. Looking back I too can think of many people who did the same for me.

A day without dance is .... just kidding. I have no idea!