On A Tangent

The dictionary definition of a tangent is simply "a line which touches or intersects a curve at one point and touches the curve only once". Philosophers speak of life as a circle. Yet a circle can be created from an infinite number of tangent lines put together, each with a unique slope. The stories are all different, but they create a single life. In an attempt to find my life's story, writing seems the only way to see the full circle through its infinite number of tangent lines.