Are you serious, Peter?
Do you really mean all my encounters outlast my life, the life of this nation, even of this civilization?
Yes!
And that each of them bears the imprint of the particulars of all the participants, including me?
Yes!
And all of them, even the smallest, even the ones of long ago, have a fresh future forever?
Yes!
And that all I have to do to mint one of these encounters is find occasion to make common cause with the livingness of an other?
Yes!
And that I probably have already minted many but didn’t realize?
Yes!
And that I can make occasions of encounter anywhere, anytime?
Yes!
Even when sick? Even in prison? Even on my deathbed?
Yes!
And it’s free?
Yes, yes, yes!
Okay, I’m in.