On Days Like These...

There are times when the world opens up before you and you can see the rhyme and reason, the trials and the triumphs which inform our lives and make sense of the chaos. There are moments of epiphany when you realize that the events of everyday life sometimes become extraordinary, sometimes expose the seeds of farce and tragedy that lie within all our experiences. When someone comes up to you to say "What you once said changed my life" you realize that what you say is not unimportant, but that it shapes the tenor and the hue of the world in which all of us live. It is vital.

I was talking about such heady things to a friend of mine today. At that awkward ending moment, when both of us knew we must part ways, but didn't really want to stop talking, I said "It's an odd world we live in." The fact that this trite observation actually meant something to us in that moment just tells you of the kind of conversation we were having.

He thought about it for a minute, and then smiled and said "Yes, and on days like these, it's fun."