Cheers,

K.

@ Chris - Thanks. It’s strange because while I’m quite the skeptic about the whole ‘relationship with the Universe’ thing that is currently very popular Stateside, I do firmly believe that a positive attitude must, by default, reap more benefits than a negative one. I’ve been making lots of small changes to the way I live my life this past month or so and in that time, notably in the last week or two I’ve had several quite fortunate things happen to me to the point where I’ve had to silently wonder about whether it’s all just coincidental or (The X-Files music) something bizarre is going on. Either way, I’m not complaining. This is how I’d hoped it would be.

Let me say that if I wrote out a similar story of my life, it would be different in almost every detail, but the overall themes would be identical. To get more specific that Axel Rose was, I used to have an appetite for SELF destruction.

I would build up a successful life for myself, then figure out how to piss it away.

But when I got married and we had our daughter, those urges became manageable. I won’t say they went completely away, but controlling them is no longer a full time job.

I could obsess on my professional career that I demolished, or my friends who started that profession when I did who are now millionaires. Instead, I reflect on the fact that I am now the happiest I have ever been, and that is enough for me, for now.

I honestly very much appreciate you sharing this, because I love seeing that I am not all alone in this world.