I have experienced too many specific events that I have “wished” to occur for mere coincidence to explain. However, I am also equipped with a rational mind – a mind that is hard-wired to seek out direct causes and effects. This would leave me dumbfounded when the question of “how” some situations in my life could have possibly unfolded. Wiser now, I have grown to simply accept and to be grateful for dreams that are fulfilled - but the question remains, what of those dreams that don’t come to pass?   This is a simple, fictional story of what could happen when discordant themes, when opposing wills clash – unknowingly derailing a particular reality from manifesting.   Oh, by the way, there isn’t a Norms diner at the corner of Figuroa and El Cento in Hollywood. The two streets (to my knowledge) don’t meet.  Special thanks to Pipe Choir III for the use of “Slow Time” as background music.