so what is the criteria for a life well lived…………..would have to include mistakes……..learning from those mistakes…………..love…..lost and reclaimed………fear……acknowledged and overcome…….goals…met and not met……..giving………..received graciously and rebuffed………..patience……..tried and broken……….and held by a thread…………….influential by actions accompanied by a few well placed words……….running off half-cocked and returning to measured steps………………life torn apart and methodically rebuilt……………weathering many storms and helping others to do the same……..

i think that just about covers it ………..by all accounts my friend…………..i would say that you passed in flying colors…..

cheers…….to a job well done