Life

I'm lucky in that I've never had a lot handed to me. In other words, life has frequently been difficult. I say I'm lucky, not because I'm a masochist or anything, but because it's lowered the bar tremendously in my expectations in life. And with the bar sufficiently low, I find it easier to be quite content in life.

I have tried to instill a bit of this in my children as I raised them. I had hoped that I was giving them a jump start at the lessons that took me so long to learn. I think that, once learned, these lessons will serve them well throughout their life.

My motto has now developed into: Life is good, but that doesn't mean it's easy.