Much of the country has been encased in ice sometime during the last week. Amazingly, something so simple as frozen water can shut down airports, close schools, cause accidents and create general havoc. Simple things, when brought together under the right circumstances, become anything but simple.
Isn't life like that? There are so many things that seem little to begin with, but given the right set of circumstances, they completely overturn our lives - sometimes in positive ways and sometimes not.
In works of fiction, seemingly little things are wonderful tools to play with - a misplaced key, a strange phone call, a small patch of ice. I must say I enjoy messing with character's lives in these ways in a book. But with real life, maybe not so. Probably, simply because I can't control the outcome.
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