“The improbable does occur, but the probable happens constantly.” – Aristotle
Factor: An element that contributes to a particular result or outcome.
Factoring: The process of taking something into account, breaking it down into components, or using it as part of a calculation or decision.
Impossibility: Something that cannot occur, exist, or be achieved under any circumstances.
Evitability: The quality of being avoidable; the condition of something that can be prevented from happening.
Possibility: Achievable, conceivable, or within the realm of potential.
Probability: The likelihood that an event will occur.
Inevitability: Certain to happen; the unavoidable nature of an outcome.
Most often when objectively analyzed, it is found that life’s outcomes are not random chaos but a structured spectrum: evitability empowers, possibilities inspire, probabilities measure, inevitabilities ground, and impossibilities define limits.
Every choice in life unfolds along this spectrum that stretches from possibility to impossibility, with probabilities and inevitabilities forming the structure in between. To acknowledge this is to replace illusion with clarity.
A possibility is the recognition that something could happen. Probability quantifies the likelihood of occurrence. Inevitability marks the outcome that will happen regardless of choice, action, or willpower. Finally, impossibility closes the scale, creating a boundary that effort cannot breach.
The possible is not always probable and the inevitable cannot be avoided. Decision-making falters when a possibility is mistaken for the inevitable, or worse, when the inevitable is dismissed all together. Lucid observation and deliberate processing, applied with prudence, results in balance.
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur
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