I sat down next to a random person in Econ class today. I’ve never seen him in my life, and even if I have or will again I will probably never recognize him as the guy I once sat next to in class. At the same time, for an hour and half in time his fate was directly linked with mine. This thought came to mind when I looked around me and saw the smattering of empty seats around me.

Who was supposed to be in those seats? What if I was supposed to meet one of those people today and we just missed the opportunity because that person decided to ditch class?

It made me wonder if one of those empty seats would ever be a part of my life one day. What if one of the people who ditched class to day just happens to enter my life at some later time?

It’s the same thought that comes to mind when I sit down at an empty table — what if I had asked to sit down by the other lonley person sitting at a table only an arms length away? How many fateful meetings have I passed up?

Most of the ways that I meet people seem to be random coincidences — especially when there’s links to everybody everywhere [I can list dozens and dozens of unrelated links]. It’s like the six degrees of separation have gotten smaller.