Concerning all acts of initiative and creation,
there is one elementary truth the ignorance
of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then providence moves too. All sorts of things
occur to help one that would never otherwise
have occurred. A whole stream of events issues
from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner
of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material
assistance which mo man could have dreamed
would have come his way.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe