Nothing (Really) Happening

The idea of nothing happening has perplexed me for some time. Afterall, when does nothing happen? When you don't get laid after a date?... No, I'm pretty sure "something" happens then. Yet, just not what you originally planned. Nevertheless, there is a feeling of "nothing happened," isn't there? Of course, there's an easy answer or two for this: nothing happened, meaning "nothing of note" or "nothing you desired." But that's the no-brainer, numbskull answer. Afterall, there is "no thing" then in the first place. What must really be at stake here is that life, or maybe History, truly, ain't got nothing to offer up.

And so what?... Why do we need puntuated moments in life? That's what I'd really like to know. Or maybe that's what I really need right now. Something to happen.

The irony here is that there is something going on inside me right now. I've had a good experience lately which has made the world feel a whole lot less overwhelming. For that, I'm grateful to the powers that be. This also has helped me consider that the people in your life may not arrive in the way that you'd anticipated or fill just the role you thought they would. Yet when they do step into your life and there they are, you've got to invite them in because it is one of those moments when history has offered you something up. Take it and enjoy or let it pass you by and watch life take place without you.