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Enlightenment

I’ve gained unexpected insight into A Tale of Two Cities. No I didn’t re-read the book I last picked up over 4 years ago. Instead, I felt a connection to the opening lines of Dickens’ magnum opus while on one of my recently overly common philisophical meanderings. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, … we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…” The words are famous, but tonight I felt the dichotomy described. I’m concurrently on the horizon of endless fields of bounty and famine, each feeding off one another, strengthening without equalizing. Comisserations and congratulations accepted.