i chuckle when i reflect on the the numerous things i used to think important…………………..and now it seems strange that i placed value on them at all

there are no other teachers as thorough or unkind as the hand of Mother Nature and the Rod of Father Time

but these lessons that have become so important to me, would not have held their impact had they been easily received, for i wrestled with them day and night until exhausted i gave in…..only to find what they offered me was a path i had not seen

i value a close confidant, a wife, children and friends…….choosing them very carefully because they require maintenance………………and if i intend to benefit them and they to benefit me than we will have to share our time and that we must do carefully

i must be aware that time has all the cards, and i don’t get to choose them, just discard them when i draw and how i play them when it comes my turn, will largely depend on the value i have placed on the lessons that i learned

so when it comes to the basic rudiments………………what i treasure most of all, are teachers…………and i am bless with the ones that have knocked upon my door