Attitude

It's difficult to remember to take the extra moment to consider what may be possible, often something unlikely. But it can also be something typical.

Simple example is the horn on your steering wheel, how you realize too late it's a senior you just startled. Awareness has a brief half-life.

Remember phone booths? Of course not. One day, banged on the glass, in a hurry to make my call. Who else turns around but Milton Berle, holding up an index finger to my young impatience.

No less the quick fool, the ego leads like a bumbling clown stumbled out of the tiny car, first of dozens to follow. Everyone included in that old stunt.

Difficult to remember how moments define the mood, attitude lights the candle, patience sets the best table. Who pauses anymore to raise a glass?