{"id":263,"date":"2006-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/nothing-by-chance\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T16:33:34","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T11:03:34","slug":"nothing-by-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2006\/09\/19\/nothing-by-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing By Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Swati,<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to buy you a piggy bank to save money but I couldn\u2019t get one, then I thought of a music cassette, couldn\u2019t find an appropriate one.<br \/>\nThought of Virtue of Selfishness, couldn\u2019t find a copy. So I got this book -let me warn you, its \u201cNothing by chance\u201d in this life. May be you need this book<\/p>\n<p>Tarique<br \/>\n2\/3\/91.<\/p>\n<p>You gave <a href= \"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nothing-Chance-Richard-Bach\/dp\/0440206561\">this book <\/a> to me on my 23rd Birthday. On your 40th, I give it back to you. Its been a long and happy ride together, but we have an even longer ride awaiting us. Its been one hell of a ride, full of ups and downs, twists and turns; lets brace ourselves for the next lap. <\/p>\n<p>May be we need this book -again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Swati, I wanted to buy you a piggy bank to save money but I couldn\u2019t get one, then I thought of a music cassette, couldn\u2019t find an appropriate one. Thought of Virtue of Selfishness, couldn\u2019t find a copy. 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