Yep, I have been very fortunate. I was born to parents that loved me, always provided a stable home, and food to eat. I never once saw my parents have yelling screaming fight like TV and movies like to show. Never once.
I learned to work for what I want at an early age. Dad made it clear to me, if I want a car, work for it and buy it myself. He gave me an interest free loan, and paid for the insurance, and of course a place for me to live.
I have made my living all my life in the photography business, it is all I have ever done. I used to point out to co-workers that on a day to day basis we were doing for a living what millions of people all over the country sit in rush hour traffic trying to get home so they can spend time in a darkroom, or taking pictures.
Our local PCA region has a Christmas party every year. For years we exchanged gifts, and I got real tired of another lame $25 gift that was never what I wanted. I pushed to change the tradition. Now our region asks everyone to bring a gift for the children at the The Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital.
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I helped deliver a Cayenne full of toys, and a check for $230 from a party with 22 couples at it.
I used to get all hot and bothered with some fool cutting me off in traffic, or other drivers bonehead moves. I just ignore it, and let it go. There is really nothing to be done, except get mad, and that accomplishes nothing good.
One of my friends thought of himself as a deep thinker. He favorite phrase he repeated a lot was "You are in life you you decided to be" (right now.) Only because of a long string of decisions through your life, did you get right where you are right now. You decided to take a job, picked a spouse or girlfriend, buy that house or not, that car, it was all your decisions.