/authors/bndgluver/Recent content in BndgLuver on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usWed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2009/10/07/a-coin-toss/Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2009/10/07/a-coin-toss/<p>I sat before the computer monitor transfixed until the message of the screen saver scrolled across the display. Vague and general in a Chinese fortune cookie way, applying to everyone and no one simultaneously. One quote covers all: Today is the first day of the rest of my life. How pathetic I thought rereading the line. What was my mindset when I added the tired adage? To stop dwelling on the past, grab a hold of the present and embrace the future? It was to have served as a persistent reminder that life is for participants, not spectators. I had hardly heeded the advice.</p>