Denouement
It was hard to believe that there would be so much relief to
be back in Vermont. Jim had learned more than one thing about life and
happiness on this trip. He wondered too about the way of things for people; how
much was pre-ordained, if anything, and how much depended on their own
decisions and considerations. He never would have been with Nomi, and certainly
wouldn't have appreciated her either without their little adventure. He would
have considered her just some spoiled little co-ed, which she wasn't at all.
For that matter, he would never have met Heshy, let alone form the friendship
that they did, except for his Dad's insistence on the career he didn't want.
"That must be it", he thought.
"That's where all this came from, my father gave it to
me." He paused and looked at the
thousands of generations of men before him with their hard learned lessons, all
looking back and smiling at him. "They knew", he thought.
"That's where all that force came from" . "Gosh". He looked
at it all and at the sun setting over the mountains in the west and understood
a piece of life.
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