"Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but of the formation of the first link on one memorable day."
- From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
The meeting of a new friend; the spark of a new interest; the allocation of a new school; the start of a new job... Whatever the first link, and be they iron, gold, thorns or flowers, it is always interesting to look back to that first event to see how much has developed. It is more interesting to identify to spot the link, and to anticipate the refinement it is yet give you.