An Unkindness of Ravens

I was stopped in the store yesterday by a long-time friend. This friend asked me, with great concern, why I was leaving my safe and secure recession proof job. As I was inspecting some bananas I answered with, “It’s a long story,” and a smile. She wished me the best and we parted. I continued my shopping with my mind spitting out a much better answer. This is what I could have told her…

Sometimes when you're young, you think nothing can hurt you. It's like being invincible. Your whole life is ahead of you, and you have plans. Big plans. To find your perfect match. To find your perfect place. But as you get older, you realize it's not always that easy. It's not until the end of your life that you realize how the plans you made were simply plans. At the end, when you're looking back instead of forward, you want to believe that you made the most of what life gave you. You want to believe that you're leaving something good behind. But most of all…you want it all to have mattered.