What is so special about the number three? 

Pi is 3.1415926, which rounds to 3

e is 2.71828, which approximates to 3

There are three primary colors

People with two eyes see the world in three dimensions

It's three strikes and you're out

There are three parts to an atom–protons, neutrons, and electrons

There are four sets of three months per year

And three sets of ten days per month

In life, the third time's the charm

The first time, you fail because you haven't synced yourself 

with the nature with the task

and run on preconceived notions of task-abiding.

The second time

you find solutions for the problems you encountered on the first trial

and go further than before…

only to run into more setbacks.

After facing two sets of problems

you have a good idea of the nature of the problems in the situation

The third time, after musing 

for foolproof solutions 

to every possible obstacle

you succeed. 

But quantifying something as flimsy and multi-factored as success 

is bound to backfire.

Expecting life to be clean-cut 

is to set oneself up for, at best, disappointment, 

and at worst, 

failure. 

There's a reason pi and e are approximations, and not exactly three

The ratio of whole numbers to irrational numbers is 1 to infinity. 

The ratio of the ways you expect life to turn out 

to the number of ways life can and will turn out

is also infinite.