Sometimes the stars line up perfectly and its like the universe is trying to tell you something. I was at the gym earlier and decided I wanted to come home and write something for my blog. I wasn’t 100% sure though. I had this idea and I’ll still cover that.

First, though, I wanted to go home and watch a little television. Just to let my mind relax a bit after a work day. Turn on the cable box and then I turn on the television. I got a text message around the same time so I check to see what life-threatening event is happening on my phone (you know….the world may end if I don’t check that message right away).

As I’m reading about Luka Doncic making the NBA All-Star team as a starter, the creepiest music I’ve ever heard is playing in the background. I’m starting to think this is going to be good. Whatever it is on the television is about to get my undivided attention because the music was so good.

I put my phone down and look up at the television. It was black. I thought to myself,

“Oh boy. Not only has it got great music, it’s also at a part of the movie where someone is about to jump out and scare some people.”

I waited with anticipation to see what happens next. I heard some voices. Then a gunshot. Oh boy…here we go. The music started intensifying. It got louder and faster. More gunshots. Then some screaming. My heart started racing. It was at this moment, though, I realized something dreadful. I could not watch the rest of this movie. As much as I wanted to, I could not do it.

Now, this has nothing to do with morals or a good sense of judgement. Nope. This has everything to do with the fact that I realized my television was broken. That’s right. The screen was black because the picture is broken and not because the movie was at a climatic scene. I turned it off and on. Off an on. Off and that’s when it dawned on me. Wasn’t I supposed to be writing something? Oh yeah. So the television is off and here I am writing.

Now, this could be a sign or it could be a coincidence. Either way, it led me to write this post and remind you that sometimes things happen for a reason. Sometimes they don’t. Sometimes, though, I think things happen to gauge our reaction and responses.