Beat of the drums

Left. Right. Left, right. March!

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." -Henry David Thoreau

The above quote is from Ania. No, I haven't gone all mushy and philosophical. It just struck me as a beautiful way of embodying individuality. It is also symbolic of friends and friendships. Some people are 4/4s, others 3/8ths. Some syncopated, others with a strict beat. Sometimes as your friends lives change; whether it would be work or going overseas, so do their beat. It is natural to go out of sync. But you know that once in a while*, your beats will match and those are the moments to live for.

*Subjected to LCM theorem, period depends on the coprimeness of the beats.

Hmmm to counter this sudden seriousness, here's something from David -