The Best Way?

To begin at the beginning is always the best way. However, sometimes it is hard to know where the beginning was. Then, just how do you go about finding which particular moment within that actual beginning, should you have found it, was the very one that began it all?

Was it the decision to go for the cup of coffee at that moment? Was it the decision to go to that one particular coffee shop rather than the other, closer one? Was it the delay at the traffic lights caused by the broken down car that meant you had to wait to cross for those few moments longer?

Was it the fact that she was already late for her appointment and was not looking where she was going? Was it the fact that she was rummaging through her bag, checking that she had both the card and the present, and was not really looking where she was going as she rushed along the pavement by the crossing?

Was it your increasing irritation at the rather rash and foolish decision of yours to come out for a – no doubt far too expensive - cup of coffee when you had perfectly reasonable coffee at home?