Spontaneous Transformations: Embracing Life’s Sudden Call
The answer to your question can be formulated as follows. When faced with a sudden call to action, a person may decide to undertake an act that completely upends his habitual way of life – to seek a higher calling, to renounce the ordinary world, and to take a daring step into the unknown.Such a spontaneous choice is manifested, for example, in a story where a person, sensing the call of destiny, suddenly decides to leave everything behind and set out to seek his true calling. This is reflected in the following statement:"One of the regulars at the casino told me this story when I had just begun writing my novel. He told me about his friend, who suddenly decided to take up a cause, and the great adventurer went off in search of his calling." (source: link txt)At the same time, spontaneous adventure can take on less grandiose, yet no less daring, forms.
For example, there is a case in which an ordinary everyday action takes on the hue of a truly miraculous twist of fate:"Imagine this (this is a true story, told to me in Vilnius): a son, who is also a student, says to his mother, 'How come there are no miracles in your Church?There are no miracles today!' And she replies, 'How can that be, my son, no miracles? Just with me, didn’t we witness a miracle? I had to harvest the potatoes because frost was promised for tomorrow. I kept digging and digging, and before I knew it, the sun was setting, and I had barely unearthed a third of them. Then I implored, ‘Lord, help me harvest; after all, I can’t survive the winter without potatoes!’ And I got back to work—sniffing my way into the garden beds. And, can you believe it, by dark it was all harvested. Isn’t that a miracle?'" (source: link txt)Both stories demonstrate that a spontaneous adventure can manifest itself either as the bold decision to radically change one’s life in pursuit of a higher calling or in the reorganization of tasks and the anticipation of a miracle in everyday affairs. When confronted with a sudden call to action, a person can opt for an act that will fundamentally transform his life, whether it is a radical realization of the importance of a new path or an unexpected display of courage in a situation that calls for a quick, impulsive response.Supporting citation(s):"One of the regulars at the casino told me this story when I had just begun writing my novel. He told me about his friend, who suddenly decided to take up a cause, and the great adventurer went off in search of his calling." (source: link txt)"Imagine this (this is a true story, told to me in Vilnius): ... And this ability to turn to God about potatoes is the greatest adventure." (source: link txt)