Sir Alexander Fleming's encounter with chance was never a matter of attributing his discovery to divine intervention, rather he naturally assumed that chance is a routine feature of life's gifts to the human race sometimes referred too as fate.
The ancient Greeks believed that The Fates were at work in their lives, whenever they were obliged to accept an unfavourable outcome to their endeavours. On the other hand the very same person would praise the gods when matters provided them with a gift that they were not expecting. Fearing retribution the ancient Greeks were careful not to blame the gods for their misfortunes, while praising the gods for their successes knowing that The Fates provided painful lessons, and gifts that were unexpected.
“The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.” ~ Alexander Fleming
When not looking for something that we may need, it is patently unlikely that we will notice it until our need opens our eyes to its presence.
Here lies a truth when understanding that it is only in those moments when facing great adversity,
that a remedy proposes itself out of the blue, as if by chance enabling us to resolve a long outstanding dilemma.
Alexander Fleming correctly reminds us that our eyes are opened, after the event when pleased with the result that encouraged us to believe that the remedy was much more than a matter of chance, more a timely intervention encouraging us to understand that our life has a helping hand.
“But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.”
~ 1 Corinthians 2:10
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