I've had the same thought a lot recently--if I hadn't started theatre (largely by accident) and hadn't gone to Williams, and I hadn't taken the job in VT, then I wouldn't have met pirateofcatan, and I probably wouldn't be living here, and and and....

But the other thought I've been having a lot this year/last year is that the circumstances are not important. What I do with them/how I respond to them is. Sometimes I think this is "putting yourself in a position to get lucky" and sometimes it feels more like "trying make the best of a bad lot," but I think that my responses--not my circumstances--are really what define what my life and self are about.