James Cromwell played the character of George Sibley in 'Six Feet Under', a TV series. IMDB calls this series as 'A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.'. Among other things, the character of George Sibley has a quote that sounds quite interesting: "Life is a series of accidents". Some other people have also spoken in the same way while receiving big awards. There is an opposite view, that simply thrashes this argument. This view states: 'Life is not a series of meaningless accidents. When things are bound to happen, they surely will.' I think, the truth lies somewhere in between, at least for me. Many things that have happened to me have been purely accidental. Being born into a hard-working, middle class, honest, well-educated, loving family must be a very good accident. When we look around, we see so many miserable families. The misery could be for a number of reasons, ranging from extr...
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