I am one of those people who from time to time writes a “note to self.” The note could be on any topic at all — sometimes it’s just good to write these things down.<\/p>\n
I’ve been doing this for decades. So it’s not surprising that as I am cleaning the apartment, today I came across a note to self from a very long time ago. From the looks of it, it looks as though I was in my early twenties as the time.<\/p>\n
The note is on a little piece of lined paper on hotel stationery. This was probably during one of my very first professional conference trips.<\/p>\n
The note just says:<\/p>\n
\nDestiny is easy to define in the past tense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have no recollection of writing it, but now that decades have elapsed, I can testify that it is absolutely true. I wish I had as much foresight now as I did then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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