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âI think everyone has those moments from time to time, but not everyone feels it the quite the same,â she said before taking a swig from the new beer. It wouldnât surprise her to find the baby-faced guy was actually older than perhaps her great-grandparents, not in a town like this anyway, but she also didnât want to trivialize the sentiment even if he was just another young guy sorting things out. âBecause knowing that thereâs an end to it all is what makes the journey worth it, at least for some,â Blake replied. If there was no threat of finality, there was no real drive or urgency to do things. She chuckled at his use of her own words. âPerhaps, though optimism in and of itself isnât necessarily a bad thing either.â
Russell seemed to continually find laughter in the most trivial of things, and this conversation started out as any curious discussion, until it had turned into this deeper meaning. He smiled because he knew he had to, for appearances, but the woman seemed to be hitting the nail right on the head. âWell, I can tell you that I feel it all the time. And I donât think the feeling will ever go away.â Russell paused himself as he thought about it. âWhat if you know thereâs no end, at least not in sight? Does that diminish the entire purpose of a personâs journey?â He couldnât say for sure, but he knew that sometimes the lack of motivation for himself came from not having to worry about what came next for him. âNo, I think there is modern spirit in optimism, if only it were used more effectively.â












