After lunch, getting ready for EU class.
"In our lit class today we talked about the story of Oedipus and the overriding theme of fate and freedom of choice. Jim asked the class if we believe in fate and although I have been asked that question before, for some reason it really resided with me. The concept of choice. Conscious decisions one makes and accepts all results (and repercussions) those choices entail. How we have come to the moment that is now. What choices, the good and the bad, that have landed us here. Fate, the idea that something is destined to happen—therefore ones conscious decisions no longer bear the same significance they would if we lived in an ultimately random world. I believe that things happen for a reason, that good things will find their way to good people, and that there is someone out there for everyone. But fate? It seems the world is too complicated a place to fit such a small, four-lettered word. If fate was real, I think too many people would sit and wait for the good stuff to happen instead of going and living it. Appreciating the moment, that’s the best I can do."
—Just finished a traditional Hungarian lunch –the beef goulash was delicious!!
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