In your personal lifetime or that of someone you
know, what shall you recall as one defining moment
to remember? For Will Smith, it may be his receiving
the Best Actor Award at the Oscar’s. Or could be the
slapping of Chris Rock for making fun of his wife,
Jada Pinkett, at the same broadcast live on National
Television. For you it may be an honorarium received
or some egregious act or mistake you made in the
presence of others.
Depending upon how long you live or were publicly
engaged, there may have been several moments which
may have specifically, for better or worse, defined the
person you either are or may not have been. Some will
claim that people and situations change and have had
multiple defining moments.
Deion Sanders played pro football and baseball in
the same intersecting seasons and was remembered
for his prowess at both sports. DaVinci painted the
Mona Lisa Masterpiece, but was also classified as
a creative and renown inventor.
As for me, the only person I ever slapped, slapped
me back. And as I recall, that was in private and a
wash, an unproclaimed and undefined moment
between them and me. Oh, and as a child, I once
cheated at a Pin-the-Tail on the Donkey Game at
Otis Manchester’s 11th Birthday party and didn’t
get caught.
Otherwise, I suppose one could say, at best, by
and large, in my lifetime, justifiably I may be
defined as obtuse or ambiguous. One day at
a time, no falls, no wars waged best defines
me presently.
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Chris Hanch 4-1-2022
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