It's All In The Timing

Have you ever dwelt upon the timing of your existence here on earth?  Would you have preferred to have lived in some period in the past or even the future?

I have given this unusual topic considerable thought due to certain severe setbacks during my life.  For example, had I been born all of a year earlier, I would have been able to enjoy Senior Privileges in high school - you know, getting out of each class 3 minutes earlier than underclassmen so the seniors could socialize in the halls or go to their lockers to change books so they didn't have to carry so many around.  And don't get me started on missing out on the exclusive use of the school's front door for seniors.  After being the victim of these egregious privileges as an underclassman, they were yanked MY senior year!  Good thing that "bring a loaded automatic to school" thing hadn't been invented yet.

College was no better - maid service (weekly bed sheet changes and room cleaning) WAS YANKED my freshman year.  What the heck kind of Ivy League college does that?  No wonder we occupied the President's office.

So if one or two years could have made such a huge difference in my life, what difference might decades or centuries have made?

It fair boggles the mind.