Fate or Coincidence ?

 Loh was doing her morning walk at the public park where I usually did mine. She was thinking about me. I turned up around the corner and all she could do was called out my name. She was pleasantly surprised that just as she was thinking about me, I turned up. She thanked God for granting her simple wish. She did not usually did her walk in the morning being a late riser. Yet that morning she wanted to. She met Silvan, a mutual friend, who told her that he met me doing my walk in the morning. She was very happy. Fate or coincidence?

I was driving down to KJ with Ikram. Kak Haj said she was not going to follow me this time around due to prior commitments. As we were driving along the highway, she called saying that she was in Kulim and whether I was going down to KJ the next day. I told her I was already on the highway approaching Bertam. She changed her mind and wanted to come along but could not decide as she did not plan to leave that day itself. I told her I would miss the Kulim exit but she said to take the Serdang/Bandar Baru exit. Thus, after we stopped for breakfast at Juru  R&R, Ikram and I decided to drop by Kulim and picked her up. It was an hour's out of our way. Coincidentally she was in Kulim instead of Cameron Highlands visiting her son. Coincidentally she called me before we were out of Penang. Coincidentally she called on that day. Fate or coincidence?

Noor's mother decided to hold a thanksgiving during one weekend last month. Noor had something o settle for his mother the next week. Then, without any prior arrangement or discussion, Wah called and asked if she could take a lift to Melaka and would I send her back on Sunday? Of course I agreed willingly. Noor could not understand why would I take the trouble to send her to KJ and back to Melaka the next day. Couldn't she just take the bus back on Sunday or extend her leave to Tuesday as we would be leaving Melaka on that day? All I could say was she's my sister and besides, I did not have much to do anyway. At least I had something to occupy my time while he was busy with his own agenda. Ikram was also free that weekend so he accompanied me up and down KL. Fate or coincidence?

 I am sure we have so many incidents that happen without our conscious planning or thinking about it. Fate or coincidence? Have we ever stopped to think about it?


 To quote an uztaz - "Tiada kebetulan dalam kehidupan
                                 Segala-galanya adalah ketentuan Allah."
(There are no coincidences in life. Everything has been fated and determined by God.)