I love this idea of what would things be like if one detail of my parents' lives was different and how would that effect me. We talked about this for a while in class yesterday and to be honest, it's something I think about quite a lot. We always think about why did this happen to me and if something had just been different things would be better. But in reality if things like that were to change, then we would not be the person we are today. That could be something so simple as not being quite as mature or wise, or it could be something huge like you never even being born. Several stories were mentioned that have instances of this like Lord of the Rings, Hamlet, or Esther. Dr. Olsen pointed out that none of these stories leave it at the sorrowful pitty-party that we like to throw for ourselves. There is a flip side to all of that. No one likes to deal with uncomfortable and life altering situations, but the question isn't why this had to happen to you, it should be what are you going to do no that you are there.
This is so cool to me because even though this isn't a "Bible" class, this is still a Biblical principle taught in other works. I just think it's cool how much the Bible has an influence on the world and the world doesn't even know it.
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