I knew a guy who had a love of music his whole life. He was an accomplished player, but his true love was composition and conducting. He wanted more than anything else to conduct one of the major symphony orchestras playing music he wrote. As you can imagine, that required a lot of training and hard time.
But before he got his big break, he was diagnosed with MS. And although there are a lot of heartwarming stories out there about "the sick person who always wanted to do X who met the famous person who did X and they let them experience it for just one magical day", such stories are not about real life for most people with debilitating disease. And to top it off, he had two pre-school children when he was diagnosed.
The last I saw him, he was composing for a small college wind ensemble, and his latest piece was an ode for his children.
Heartbreak is ubiquitous, it is the main reason why religion is so prevalent. There must be something better, good must triumph, those of us who work hard deserve to have our just rewards.
Sigh.
Frankly cac, if you want to indulge in your heartbreak from time to time and rail at the unfairness of it all, go for it. Its perfectly understandable.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
