Perhaps to correct a flaw in our character. Perhaps to set something right that we haven’t before. Perhaps even after our physical death, we continue to live, with our soul passing through different bodies. Perhaps the soul is one but the circumstances/environment in which we are born are different. Perhaps the circumstances are decided by the karma in our last birth. I have contemplated the answer to such questions every waking hour, more so when faced with some adversity. Even in all its duality, life seems too rich to be simply a matter of chance.