“Everything happens for a reason” is quite possibly one of my least favorite things to hear. Nobody ever says “everything happens for a reason” when something good happens. Nope, they only sling it at you when something unfortunate and crappy betides.
Me? I am a much firmer believer in the Branch Rickey philosophy that “luck is the residue of design.” In my experience, most bad things happen as a result of something I either totally screwed up or neglected—sometimes both.
My health on the other hand, is a complete wash—and neither reason nor design can explain why I of all people am the sick kid. Looking at her life story, I wonder if Sonia Sotomayor has often felt this same way.
Judge Sotomayor is a type 1 diabetes sufferer (diagnosed at age 8) and I’m both elated and curious to see what kind of effect this could have on the outcome of health and medical cases that come before the U.S. Supreme Court. She may just be the first instance—in my experience—in which everything happens for a positive reason.
Me? I am a much firmer believer in the Branch Rickey philosophy that “luck is the residue of design.” In my experience, most bad things happen as a result of something I either totally screwed up or neglected—sometimes both.
My health on the other hand, is a complete wash—and neither reason nor design can explain why I of all people am the sick kid. Looking at her life story, I wonder if Sonia Sotomayor has often felt this same way.
Judge Sotomayor is a type 1 diabetes sufferer (diagnosed at age 8) and I’m both elated and curious to see what kind of effect this could have on the outcome of health and medical cases that come before the U.S. Supreme Court. She may just be the first instance—in my experience—in which everything happens for a positive reason.
Check out John Nichols piece on just this topic here (thanks Geoff!) = Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength