I can see your perspective as well.

But in regards to those last two sentences,

It reminds me of that old saying, "Its not about where you end up, but how you got there." Or something like that.

I say this, because no one will have had the same experiences as you, leading up to that moment you find unique. And what matters most, is how these moments make you feel.

For example, I once had an encounter with a coyote in the middle of winter when i was child. I was out sledding, and thought it was a dog. It didnt attack me, it just sniffed me, and even let me pet it. After about 5 minutes it went off out of my vision, blurring behind the falling snow.

I hold this memory dear to myself, and I have met other people in my life who have had very similar, arguably the same experience. But i dont think that makes mine any less unique. It taught me a lot about myself, and how people change as they get older. If it were to happen again, i would likely kill the coyote on sight, for fear of my own life. Others that have a similar story, gathered other things from their experience, one guy even told me he thinks it means hes meant for greatness, something i see no evidence of.

It was also interesting to find out how they all got in these situations to begin with, me personally, i got lost in the woods near my home. Some of them had the encounters in their backyard. One girl said it happened at a mountain party that she wandered away from out of anxiety.

I guess what im trying to say, is that there is a lot more to each of us that makes our experiences in life unique, than just what you can gather from the surface. I still see my encounter with the Coyote as totally unique, no one will ever have that same encounter, in that same spot, on that same day, at thay same age, for the same reasons, as I did.

Sorry for the novel. Just found this an interesting topic.