But the only hand we have to play is the hand we’ve been dealt by the history that has come before us. Because we are heirs of such history, possibilities open up for us. Thrownness is not a negative thing. Because I’ve been thrown into the life and time in which I find myself, I have a future that calls for me to realize possibilities latent in what has been handed down. But those possibilities are not infinite, and what is called for is also a factor in this handed-down history.
