"Everything is unique," said the 19th-century
authors known as the Goncourt brothers, who wrote all their books
together. "Nothing happens more than once in a lifetime. The physical
pleasure that a certain woman gave you at a certain moment, the
exquisite dish that you ate on a certain day -- you will never meet either
again. Nothing is repeated, and everything is unparalleled." Of course this
is always true. But I suspect you will be more intensely aware of it in the
coming days than you have in a long time. In part that's because the
sensations and experiences headed your way will be so piquantly unique,
so exquisitely fresh. And in part it's because you'll be wide-awake to the
novel pleasures that are possible when you appreciate the fact that
everything changes all the time.
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