Maybe doing things differently isn't the worst idea in the world
Next week I'll write this column left-handed, just to see what happens
This is a story about how spring and a serendipitous set of circumstances saved Eric's life. My friend Katie is trying to coach me to think differently. Not all the time, and not because she thinks the way I think is wrong, but because if you think the same way all the time, you tend to keep doing the same things, and then the same things will keep happening. There's less room for chance and serendipity. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well, do you believe everything happens for a reason?" "No." "Good. So the next time something happens, act as though you do. You don't have to actually believe it, just act that way." I came home from that conversation and discovered that a bottle of sunblock had fallen over and half of it had run out onto my writing desk. Clearly there was no mystery here: it was the first windy day of spring and the billowing curtains had knocked it over, and the sunblock had run out because I am a cheapskate who bought cheap sunblock on a special offer. The little s...
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