The first verse appears to based on a discussion between the two main characters in Illusions, by Richard Bach. Don is telling Richard that movies are a metaphor for our lives in spacetime. It's possible that the analogy is original to Howard Jones, but the wording is similar enough that it is probably an homage.
The second verse is taken almost word for word from a passage in book one chapter one of Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. It is a vision given to Dan by his mentor Socrates.
The title is from a later section of the same book, in which Socrates tells a parable of a man who responds to a series of events, some good and some bad, by saying this phrase. The lesson is that no event is definitely good or bad, until seen much later as part of a tapestry of events.
Both of these books are fictional autobiographies in which the author meets a spiritual guru who leads them to a deeper understanding of the nature of reality.
The first verse appears to based on a discussion between the two main characters in Illusions, by Richard Bach. Don is telling Richard that movies are a metaphor for our lives in spacetime. It's possible that the analogy is original to Howard Jones, but the wording is similar enough that it is probably an homage.
The second verse is taken almost word for word from a passage in book one chapter one of Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. It is a vision given to Dan by his mentor Socrates.
The title is from a later section of the same book, in which Socrates tells a parable of a man who responds to a series of events, some good and some bad, by saying this phrase. The lesson is that no event is definitely good or bad, until seen much later as part of a tapestry of events.
Both of these books are fictional autobiographies in which the author meets a spiritual guru who leads them to a deeper understanding of the nature of reality.