The Bucket List

“Statistics are wonderful for measuring odds, but not for measuring the emotional gravity that one attaches to them. It can be argued that emotions are incidental to odds. But not entirely. An event is notable not solely for its odds but for the quality of the event’s meaning given the expectations and needs of the individual. And at such times, an act of positive persistence seems to net a result that goes beyond ordinary cause and effect: something additional seems to occur. Exceptional commitment appears to summon an exceptional factor, neither fully expected nor describable.”

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