So I just found out...

[RJT]

But then again, it wasn’t the quarter that had made the difference. It was the brief encounter with a stranger. (or something to that affect)

I think of this when I read your essay:

It was what John Lennon spoke of in his song “Beautiful Boy”: Life is what happens to you, while you’re busy making other plans.

But then I am a big John Lennon fan.