In my 65 years on this Earth I soon discovered the truth in the old saying, “When I was a child, I spoke and acted as a self- centered child.” But, my adult age has taught me to put such childish self-centered actions forever behind me.

As I matured, I discovered that my greatest personal happiness comes from helping other people to help themselves. Also, I keep ever mindful, that I live only within the, “Sacred Here and Now.” The past is forever gone and the future is not the here yet.  So I always attempt to do the correct and honorable thing while being ever mindful of the here and now.  I simply try to do the correct thing, at the correct time, all of the time. That way, I do not have many regrets.

Things that I am glad that I did not miss during my lifetime are:

1. TV;  both black & white, and color.

2. Improved motorcycles and automobiles.

3.  Computers and the Internet.

4. Receiving my Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities from UWF.

5. Retiring from the US Air Force after 24+ years of active service.

6. Reestablishing contact with some old grade school friends and previously estranged family members.

7. Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.

8. Discovering Unitarian Universalism in 2001.

To sum up, our lifetime on this Earth is relatively very short so we should always strive to promote both peace and harmony within our lives and our personal relationships.  I am forever mindful of the, “Sacred Here and Now” and strive always to do the correct thing at all times. That way, life always has relatively few regrets.