How Circumstances Impact Your Life

While in the middle of Jahmatik's photoshoot the other day, I started thinking about how much of my life (all of our lives in general) has been affected by circumstance.  There I was...photographing this complete stranger...because of him, facing my fears and taking a chance again at photography.  "How did I get to this moment?" I thought.

..through a music showcase that my friends invited me to

...a music showcase that I only attended because I was still vibing off of a recent event 2 weeks prior...
...and that event I was invited to by a girl (a girl that I never talk to) that I met through a friend
....a friend who just happened to visit me during his trip to one trip to Chicago

For some reason, this girl thought about me when sending out invites to this event...for some reason, I went.  If I didn't, I would not have went to the second event.  If I didn't go to the second event, I would not have met Jahmatik.  If I would not have met Jahmatik, I would not have touched my camera.  If I would not have touched my camera, I would have had the courage to try photography again.  All because of circumstance, something fell into place for me.  Isn't that crazy?  Maybe I am over thinking this. But it made me realize that so much of what happens in my life has nothing to do with just me.  I can say all day that I want 'this' or 'that' for myself.  But until the right people and elements arrange themselves into my life...well...how much can honestly happen?