Also known as "The Prisoner of Azkaban." Two months later, I finally finished this audio. Life seems to be getting in the way; but that's a good thing, right? Not having the time to read means I'm putting my reclusive self out there and participating in what life has to offer. Everything except books, apparently.
Of course after the first two novels, it took no time at all to get into this story. The action, though, gets packed into the final few chapters, and we learn the most valuable lesson: "The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
Boom.
Light bulb.
"Bazinga!" said my life.
For how many years have I thought 'If only I hadn't done that' or 'In five years I'll be...?' Well, I can't change what I've done, as hard as I may try. And I haven't the slightest clue where I'll actually be in five years, or even tomorrow, really. I'm a planner; everything gets a day and a time to be accomplished, so "predicting the future" is something I thought I had down pretty well. I guess I can plan the future, not predict it. I can make decisions that will lead to happenings, and the consequences of those happenings, based on those decisions, will determine where I end up in the future.
Maybe I'll be in the ground next week. Maybe I'll be in Florida two months from now (cross your fingers, please!), or maybe I'll be sitting in my same, comfortable kitchen typing another blog post. Who knows? I certainly don't.
"Mischief managed."
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