Living witness: History in front of your eyes
I just realized something today, The au bon pain had completely closed down at Harvard square.
I haven't gone to the harvard bookstore in ages, lot's of things getting mixed up in my life and probably a little too much GA soapbox stuff as well. If I had gone down there like I had in the past, I'd noticed the place had changed as I wanted to grab a sandwich after work.
I also didn't realize that a starbucks had opened right near the train station (seriously, there's a starbucks right at the corner of the Lowes movie theater like two blocks away)
Why didn't I notice these things?
I've walked the streets of Cambridge for years now, I've probably passed Mark Zuckerberg at least once without knowing it was him, when I was a teenager. This area was where I enjoyed grabbing a bite to eat and watching a movie or going to the performing arts theatre down the street.
My history professor once said that history in the making usually goes unnoticed by those around it; maybe he's right. I've been so wound up in my job, my love life that goes nowhere, and these endless debates, sometimes I don't realize what's been changing around me.
There's probably changes around everyone here too, they just need to take a moment and look at the things around them and take stock in it. Maybe, it will create new perspective and new observations.
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