Wonder and Amazement

Ok so I must be a glutton for punishment. Played in goal again this Wednesday at floor hockey. Oh well it felt good. :)

Something to ponder. If you are about 30 years old or so, then you have had the opportunity to be part of absolute wonder and amazement. I'll start off in the sporting world. During my lifetime I've seen some of the greatest players of the game play. Gretzky, Lemieux, Ovechkin, Lafleur, Brodeur, Roy and Scotty Bowman, just to name a few for hockey. Cal Ripken Jr. , Tony Gwynn, Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds (although I hate the guy's attitude) in baseball. Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Dale Earnheart and other greats in auto racing. Maradona, and other greats in soccer. I've seen many CFL and NFL records fall as well. The Olympics with Michael Phelps, and others, setting records like they were nothing at all. And that's just the sporting world.

Musically speaking, artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Britney Spears, U2 continue to be huge acts and have made a plethora of money. New artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent and T.I. recently come to be but have made their mark as well.

We've seen record breaking box office movies, such as Titanic, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Lord of the Rings (trilogy), Pirates of the Caribbean and Dark Knight.

We've made technological leaps and bounds to make our lives easier such as computers, cell phones, microwave ovens, from satellite dishes, flat-screen tvs, dvd players and the internet to entertain us better. We've made great advances in medicine as well.

We've put a man on the moon, torn down the Berlin wall, saw the fall of the Soviet Empire and that of Saddam Hussein. We've seen great tragedies such as the 9-11 trade tower destructions, the great Tsunami, the flooding of New Orleans and the Aids epidemic. Most recently we have been witness to a black president of the U.S. being voted in for the first time.

I could go on and on. Why has this suddenly got my attention? Not sure really. But maybe I'm wondering what the world holds for me, us, everyone in the next 30 years. Maybe it's my way of growing up and getting older. I look forward to the next 30 years. It's gonna be a wild ride but should be a lot of fun.