Now, that’s a toughie.  Defining the most difficult thing in a lifetime. 

A great many things in life are beyond personal control. 

The emphasis on individuality may do more harm than good. 

My wife doesn’t know my name. I know her name, but she doesn’t know mine. 

Waiting for Mr. Right might as well be waiting for Godot. 

Many people live in prisons. 

People (and pastors) often say, “We might as well face it, we do what we want to do.” This axiom is often used to explain misplaced priorities when attendance at an event is not as hoped.

Time levels heads. When you finally learn how to handle a thing, opportunity and responsibility no longer exist. “Left Behind” was a book and a movie, but it could have been the subtitle of my life.

“Knowing how way leads to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.”  With those words, Robert Frost cast a shadow on my life and gave a burden to bear. 

Several years ago, a friend, somewhat older than myself, related to me his experiences as a scholarship athlete on the collegiate level. 

Two are better than one.  Not as good as one- better than one.  At least, that’s what the Bible says. In a world of loners, this statement rings especially true. People are increasingly isolated.

It is an incontrovertible fact that we can talk ourselves into nearly anything.  Sadly, the road of rationalization has an uncertain and, more often than not, disappointing end.

You cannot travel two roads and be one traveler.