Easy Rider

I have this theory. EVERYTHING is new to us. Every moment before the next. Ok. Not so much a theory but a fact. Let me start over.

I have this REMINDER. Of course there is a such thing as experience and as humans we have that one little pesky trait...learning...but when I'm rationalizing about my lack of knowledge or making myself feel better about fear of something in the future, I tell myself, 'we've never experienced this next second, minute, moment, day, week, holiday, party, hair color, smell before...' and I feel a little better.

Like I'm not alone on the roller coaster.

In a tunnel.

A dark one.

I hear other screams too.

You know how you don't really know what is happening when you are in the middle of it? Remember on September 11th, 2001 how we talked to people on the phone that morning, hung up and didn't realize we wouldn't have phone lines for the next few days? How we all lined up to give blood? And volunteers from all over drove in to help out the staff of the hospitals? And then, we waited. And then, no one showed up. Remember how we just assumed we'd see all those people again?

Whoa. I just went down kind of a morbid path to make a point. See, I didn't know I was going to do that. Or this. Or this...

So here is my little reminder for change. It is always happening. You can't really prepare for it except to hold open your arms and be awake... and hopefully be able to duck if you hear someone screaming in the seat next to you.