Fate. Is it shit or a blessing?

One has to wonder about fate. An explosion in a mine in West Virginia. Leaving 29 miners dead. And in Russia. A contingent of Polish officials. Including Poland's president. Killed when their plane crashes while trying to land in the fog. Bad things happen. Daily. Accidents. Fate. In the case of the Poles, they were returning to a forest where Russians massacred 20,000 Polish prisoners during World War II. It was supposed to be a solemn occasion. To help ease the memory of something horrific. That everyone wishes had never happened. And what happens? Another horrific event. It's as if one horror leads to another horror. If the first hadn't happened 70 years ago, the second wouldn't have happened either. Once again, a case of people being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fate. Makes me wonder. There's good fate. And bad fate. Or maybe it's just plain fate. Some call it shit. Others call it blessing. Doesn't matter, I guess. Things just happen. That's the nature of life. But then again, maybe that first event didn't have to happen. It was man-made. The Russians could have chosen not to kill those prisoners. And then maybe the events that occurred this week would never have happened. Who knows? Strange thing. Fate. --Jim Broede