What is a lifetime? If one averages a human life to 75 years, that is 27,375 days, or 657,000 hours, or 39,420,000 seconds. Those who served in the infantry during a war often say their time is 95% boredom punctuated by 5% terror. For most of us, our days are daily, ordinary, tick-tock time punctuated by occasional moments that bring wonder and joy or heartache. Over a lifetime, we know there are seconds that transform every moment that follows. It is one of the benefits of now being 70 and considered by many as being elderly. If I live to 75, the few seconds that occurred when I was 19 will be the few that changed my life most dramatically.
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