'Rolling Stones Magazine just reached a remarkable conclusion. Of
their 500 greatest-albums-of-all-time, only 8% were recorded after 2000.
The rest go back 40 and 50 years. Suggesting even a cool publication
has a warm spot for the past.
That brings to mind how the omelet
that is each of us consists of so many past ingredients, it would be
impossible to unscramble. And probably destructive. Consider all those
people that went into making you the you that you are today.
Teacher...sergeant...neighbor...buddy...rival...hero...whoever! If you
could somehow delete them from the recipe you have become, imagine who
you would be.
Here's a guess. You CAN'T!
None of us can
quite imagine what our life might have been without those chance
intersections. We didn't plan them, we couldn't plot them, but somehow
someway they happened. Altering the trajectory of our lifespan in ways
at first trivial but later towering.
To illustrate. After our
Father returned from WWII, he wanted to buy a home in a nearby suburb
but couldn't afford it. So we remained in the city. Small detail to a
14-year-old who could never imagine this meant remaining in a parish who
later hired a youth director who Pied Piper-ed a theatre club who
invited an actress who met a young man who fell in love who married who
had three children with her ---
Here's another guess. This very
same serendipity can be found in your own omelet. Only don't try
plucking out any parts, for then all the rest disappears. Whoosh, you
may not even be here to read this!
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