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Tony Villari

Defining Change

  • I almost finished this post, in its first version, when I pressed the wrong keys and deleted it in its entirety.  Everything was lost except for an Albert Einstein quote which was still saved to the clipboard.  When I started this early iteration, I also used a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and, in the process, I found an article stating he was a real ass when it came to discussion and argument (Lost Socrates Dialogues).  Well, who knew?  I think things happen for a reason, and I saw losing all my work as a sign that I had, perhaps, been on the wrong path more than I had wasted any time.  An effort is never a waste of time; it is always an opportunity to learn.  I felt the loss of this work might have a hidden purpose in making me rewrite my thoughts for that first version, and the Einstein quote might have been saved as a hint to the direction for this other iteration…

     

    To read the rest of this humble offering, please follow the attached link to my blog, “The Path”:  Defining Change

     

     

     

     

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