Personal "Unifying Theories" are for sissies

When you realize that you can’t figure out what any of it means

I have heard before that life runs in circles. I guess that has never really concerned me, you know, the way life runs and flows, runs and crashes back into itself. Circular, linearly, quadrangularly, who knows how energy leaves and returns.

Tonight, while in Minneapolis for work, I went to the gym to get in a workout. Not that it is relevant to the story but it was a nice night, cool for a Phoenician, mild for Minnesota and foggy. Maybe foggy nights have more to do with the universe opening and dropping small surprises in your lap than circles do.

After almost 8 years I ran into a woman I worked with while in college at an athletic footwear store in Michigan. I had no idea she lived in Minneapolis and until tonight would not have even bothered to speculate where she lived. That we were not even really friends seems of no consequence to me and maybe there is some meaning in why we met. It was certainly a pleasant surprise. And I felt good that after all these years I felt secure around someone who, 8 years ago, I would have felt insecure. But it wasn’t about that.

Here is the fun part: I have no idea why we ran in to each other and I don’t care. It was fun and it was nice catching up. I enjoyed talking to her. She is a very sweet person and seems like she enjoys living in MSP. I remember that she has a big heart and was always lots of fun to be around. In college I don’t think I would have even noticed those things. I am blessed to notice them now.

Maybe its easier to sit back and accept the absurdity as beauty when there is less at stake.