I never realized how true this statement is until I hit my seventies. As I review the years I see life is similar to a pinball game where we traverse a path until a major change comes and then unexpectedly, we find our trajectory altered from our familiar course. It may be for good or ill: a death, sickness, romance, loss of a romance or a spiritual awakening. There are people that enter our world, for a lifetime or for a season, that leave indelible marks for good or ill. Life is a difficult affair, and try as we may to control it, along come these experiences that literally change who you are.