We mark our lives by rites of passage. Those rites are different for the different age groups that make up Americana. The young mark their passage by what they gain, the middle age make it about what they still have, and the older set by what they missed or are losing. What marks our passages through the various stages of life shows what is important to us. What object(s) we desire mark the course of our life. At one end it's all ahead of us and we brim with confidence and hope in what lies ahead. At the other end we wistfully or regretfully wonder what kept us from those objects of desire, or we are thankful for what we have gained in the many years, though we did not foresee what we now enjoy.
What we wanted may not be what we have, and maybe, in a wonderful way, it is good that God has given us what need and not what we thought we wanted.
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