“Tomb Raider Theme” (‘Tomb Raider I’ soundtrack) by Nathan McCree [1996]
Sky above, sand below, peace within.
– anonymous
It’s incredible how a single event can change the course of your life.
As a young lad I dreamed of becoming an Archaeologist (Ancient History) or Paleontologist (Dinosaurs).
Then one day somebody told me this would mean 8 years of University study.
I believed this meant studying 8 years in a classroom.
Such an idea was intolerable to me.
I didn’t know that much of such study takes place (outside the classroom) in the field.
His single statement crushed my dream.
Yet …
today, when I see Archaeologists or Paleontologists sitting in the dirt
digging around with trowels and brushes,
this doesn’t fit my once glamorous vision of discovery and exploration in exotic places.
So …
Did he do me a favor?
Was I saved from a lifetime of scratching in the dirt?
Or did he destroy my dream?
I really don’t know.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum
Have my high dreams and wonder of ancient things diminished then?
Not a bit.
Without our dreams and wonders we are nothing.
Just mundane muggles.
Don’t let that happen to you.
