Signs

Graham Hess: People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there's a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

I have always considered myself in group two, but this past weekend I have taken another look at this and thought maybe there is more to it than just luck. A week ago my grandma nearly died when she stopped breathing and fainted early one morning, but was saved just in time by my step-cousin. My step-cousin, Tyler, has been a screw up pretty much his whole life. To him life was just about the partying, drugs, and chasing women. In high school he became a lifeguard over the summers just so that he could flirt with the hot girls who worked there. He also took three semesters of college and has zero credits. Tyler has been living at my grandma's house for a few months now had work the morning my grandma fainted and was supposed to be waking up. If it wasn't for Tyler being himself he wouldn't have pressed snooze on the alarm clock twice and would have been taking a shower and would not have been able to hear my grandma's fall. Also if it wasn't for his experience as a life guard he would not have been able to help resuscitate her and call an ambulance. The paramedics said if they got to her any later she would have died. To me this is just too coincidental. It's just like the ending of Signs when Merrill the baseball home-run star was told to swing away. His whole life had 'coincidentally' led up to his big moment of truth.