I really hate it when you miss the train by 5 seconds and then you have to wait in the cold for 8 minutes until the next train comes.
Perhaps, if I cared to look hard enough, I could make this into a metaphor for my life in general. Maybe it was 2pts on a test in school, or my choice of job to take, or my chosen circle of friends that got me where I am. I can spend all day and night thinking about all the "what if"s that could have lead to a different future. a different train. Should I have studied more? Should I have been more outgoing? Could I have been a different person?
But, it doesn't really matter. In 2 more minutes I will ride the next train. And while I will be 8 minutes behind my original plan, I will still arrive in Yokohama. My destination hasn't changed, and I doubt it will for quite a long time.
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You seem to be plowing some of the same ground I've covered, over and over and over again. Particularly when I find myself in a spot (a point in time and space) which does not fit with my paradigm of how life should unflod for me. Read Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf for another deeper look at life from a similar perspective... and our ability to recognize those "magic doorways" along our life's path.
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