Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster.
Chance determines our lives in important ways.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
There are good people who are dealt a bad hand by fate, and bad people who live long, comfortable, privileged lives. A small twist of fate can save or end a life; random chance is a permanent, powerful player in each of our lives, and in human history as well.
A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.
Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.