To add to your point about the events that form our lives, it is often misunderstood that people do not just "change". They fail to realized that altering your life course is about making those small incremental adjustments. I like to think of it like a river. They can't be flowing one direction for so long then suddenly turn 90 degrees. Real life improvement and alteration comes from those numerous 2 degree turns. That is how you became who you are and how you'll become the later version of yourself.
Great writing.
Thanks for the fine wordsmanship
Cheers