End of an Era?

As Andre Agassi plays his last professional tournament at the 2006 US Open, one would always wonder whether he has accomplished everything he desires at the end of his career. Maybe another wimbledon title? more david cup turnups? or just plainly spending more time with his wife, Steffi Graf and their two children. Nevertheless, the Agassi Era has come to an end leading to the continuation of another.

Similairly, our lives always enter different eras that produce significant changes that have either shaped ourselves or others around us. Whether the era we're entering is the new era of your 20s or the era of moving to another country, it always brings about changes in ourselves and in the people we thought we knew. The best friends, the girl/boyfriends, the bosom buddies you have once called in your previous era might have long relinquished those titles before you realised. The close friends you once hanged out with probably have compeltely new lives, one that you don't quite seem to fit in. Much like a hexagonal jigsaw puzzle struggling itself into a oblong shaped hole. Sadly, or rather disappointingly, this always happens and one eventually becomes a faded memory, supressed into the subconsious to never be retrieved again.
However, theres going to be those who stick with you, like synthetically produced super glue that doesn't wash away through those hours of oceanic flights. My dear audience, these are the keepers, the people who are likely to form further relationships with even when your staring at the face of zimmaframes, dentures and ADHD medical presricptions. These are the people who will conitnually be in an era that you phase through and evolving into your true life friends.

Somehow having different best friends periodically thorugh the ages is never the msot compelling idea. It sounds good in theory, but doesn't quite work. This will ultimately leave you with a sort of emptiness, a life like a wonderbra : "one that contains everything but holds nothing." Thats why is improtant to achieve the goals and relationships we wish before we proceed to yet another era in life without any regrets. Looking back at Andre Agassi's achievements, an extra wimbledon or two might not hurt, but becomnig a role model and international tennis spokeperson is an achievement in itself. Hopefully the next era of tennis and the next era of our lives will be brighter and much more illuminating than the last.

Labels: Philosophical Rantings

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Exclamation_popcorn reflected on life at 12:03 AM