Was Today a Good Day?

Day 1 – Was today a good day:
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and on… and on… and on…

Everything is a reaction of a reaction to a reaction from a reaction for a reaction.

Since the beginning, we’ve been constantly and consistently reacting and evolving and reacting to stimuli and revolving toward the end.

It was odd: I was biking along the street, in a dedicated bike lane, going through an intersection (where, technically, I guess supposedly, there is no longer a dedicated bike lane). I was going straight, and an 18 wheeler was turning left, both with the green. I was in the right of way to go straight, and the 18 wheeler should’ve checked their surroundings before turning left. I was cautious, aware, and alert, and slowed down, although even without slowing down, I likely would’ve been fine from where I was. Had I been 10 seconds ahead, of all the things that led me to being at that point at that moment that morning, had I been 30 feet ahead, things could’ve been different. And the thought serenely washed over my face: I could’ve gone out instantly, without much knowing, without much pain, and in the right of way, doing something I like and am known to do. By the time I was having this thought, it all already would’ve been over. How pleasant was that. How pleasant that would’ve been. Normally there’s a moment of, “I think I wished it’d happen, but I’m actually glad it didn’t,” but there was none of that this time. Do I want to do it? I’m not sure. But someone else would’ve made that decision for me. Life would’ve made that decision for me. A reaction to a reaction to a reaction, revolving toward the end, until the rubber no longer revolves on the road and I’ve met my final destination.

It’s funny, after that I thought how life is like a game of Sonic. Life is just gaining and losing gold coins, over and over again. Over. And over. And over again.