“The family said he had a kidney and liver transplant in 2004 and he had been to a doctor Monday. He had been complaining about hallucinations and hearing voices. The doctor had ordered a change in medication, but they had not had a chance to make the changes.”

If there is no fate and our interactions depend on such a complex system of chance encounters, what potentially important connections do we fail to make? What life changing relationships or passionate and lasting love affairs are lost to chance?

“I know players have changed their view of the Rangers. We have a chance of winning. Before, maybe they think they come here to make money.”

“I think Stephenie has a chance to make it to the merge, ... Now if she doesn't doesn't change her attitude, she's not gonna make it in that merge.”

“Everyone secretly wants the chance to fulfill a lifelong wish that seems beyond their grasp — and this show will help transform those dreams into a life-changing reality.”

When we have to change an opinion about any one, we charge heavily to his account the inconvenience he thereby causes us.

When you meet someone, and you find that they are prejudiced against your kind, it might be your chance, not to confirm, but to be the one to finally change their mind.

Here's my struggle-here's my story. Don't feel sorry for me. Even if I had the chance, I wouldn't change a thing.

Life is about trusting your feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories, learning from the past, and realizing people change.

Trying to change old habits is like fighting a war in your head—a draining and exhausting skirmish that makes you wonder at your chance of survival.