benevolent determination of the divine

As you step into a coffee shop, a habitual pat on your seat reveals an empty pocket where a money clip was once sandwiched. Seeing red again....

In contrast, a stranger appoaches with earnest eyes. A story of his hungry children easily provokes the contents of the money clip out.

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So much of my life's circumstances affect me such that I feel a day late and a dollar short. But with the shove of time and a moment of reflection, I find my unfortunate circumstances position me to do what I would have preferred and to be where I would desire in a better way than I could have engineered. But these repositionings and repossessions have come without explanation, so I always grumble.