“Out of the blue” – “Out of a clear, blue, sky”
The unpredictable, unforeseen, sudden, unexpected.
Totally unsuspected. Not a cloud to be seen to warn of the thunderstorm to come or the manna to fall.
Just didn’t see it comin’ …
While wel know that it’s unwise to count on anything that doesn’t have a reasonable cause, we also relentlessly gamble in unlikely futures.
Whether sunny days or thunderstorms! Who can tell the future? Who can read the tea leaves? Who can consult a crystal ball?
And it’s understandable, “normal” as the French would say for the event is just that – an event, a happening, a result of circumstance.
Humbly human. Even if we’re getting a little better at forecasting the weather, we’re ready for … surprises which have no discernable direct causes or are far beyond our understanding, far beyond the abilities of present-day science.
No matter what the circumstances are, we’re right to be optimistic.
Got that from my father. A man who preferred unrealistic optimism to realistic pessimism.
In fact, there is a pretty reliable way to predict the future. It’s in the history of our clear, blue sky.
