Isn't "the right place at the right time" just a sad fact of life? The idea that you can have all the right stuff, but if you receive them a

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2024-04-23 18:00:06

Isn't "the right place at the right time" just a sad fact of life? The idea that you can have all the right stuff, but if you receive them at the wrong time, it just doesn't work.

Take, for example, a friend recommends you a book they KNOW you'll love. Curious, you do some googling and by all accounts this should be a fantastic read. It's a NYT's bestseller, so a lot of people seem to like it, it explores deep themes, has complex characters, and it's a fantasy novel--you love fantasy! But when you sit down to read it, for whatever reason, you're just not feeling it.

There's nothing wrong with the book and there's nothing wrong with you--you're just not ready to receive it. Maybe you're more into non-fiction at this stage of your life. Maybe you don't have the time given a recent new job or new responsibilities. Maybe you can't connect with the first 100-pages of the book, but you will a year from now after you go through that unexpected break-up. But, a year from now you'll also completely forget about the book, which is a bit sad and unfortunate.

Of course, we can't be everywhere all at once or have perfect memory recall, but "what could've been" has a tragic sense to it.