The beauty of the Simpsons is its hilarious and clever social commentary. My favorite episode is “The Day Bart Prayed.” It is so simple, yet amazingly profound.

Bart is having some serious academic issues at school, like not passing the fourth grade.

But when push comes to shove, this 10-year-old can rise to the challenge. He works out a cheesy deal with the brainy Martin, a classmate.

Bart convinces Martin he can teach him to be cooler in exchange for learning some study skills so he can have a chance at passing a history test. But the plan backfires — Martin gets too cool for Bart and leaves him in the dust.

The night before the big test, Bart is sitting at the desk in his room, staring at an open book, and he realizes he couldn’t cram enough into his head in one night to be able to pass the test.

The exam is just hours away and it seems like all of his options had evaporated. He gets down on his knees by his bed and begs God for divine intervention — that the Big Guy will send a power failure, a blizzard, a bomb threat, anything to cancel school the following day.

Then, the lights in his room go out. A few moments pass, and a single snowflake gently falls to the ground. Then another. And then, suddenly, a virtual avalanche of snow. The biggest blizzard in Springfield’s history storms in as the “Hallelujah Chorus” swells in the background.

And, as if he completely forgot about the sincerity of his request, Bart nearly shoves his younger sister Lisa out of his way to go sledding. But his younger sister Lisa won’t let him get away with that and makes him study hard.

The work pays off — he passes with a D-minus. Homer is so proud that he posts Bart’s paper on the refrigerator and says, “I’m proud of you, boy.” To which Bart replies, “Thanks, dad. But part of this D-minus belongs to God.”

A lot of our good fortunes and “lucky” breaks in this life aren’t just random quirks of the universe. There is a reason for everything — even tragedy.

So relax over break and take some time to reflect on all that’s right and good in this world: Nothing is a coincidence.