Here I am, a level 57 human being, waiting for all of the skills and powers I just unlocked to manifest in my life.

Recently I have felt a nostalgia, or a specifically-focused deja vu, centered around the late spring and early summer of 1991. I am not sure what caused this echo from 35 years ago to return to my awareness. There was nothing special about that summer. I turned 22, was single, working for a moving company, living with a few friends/fraternity brothers in the Campus West apartments just west of Grand Valley State University. I joined Master Lee’s school in January of 1991 and so regularly made the drive to East Grand Rapids to train.

I was broke, and at loose ends, and had my whole future ahead of me. Kind of the opposite of my life now. Except for the future part. We always have our whole future ahead of us.

Maybe it’s the feeling of being unstuck from the flow of history thanks to (gestures at everything). That’s what most of being young felt like, back in 1991.

Anyway, I hope the two or three of you who read this blog have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by!