Like my late private investigator brother, I have an ocean's worth of knowledge six inches deep. There is probably some topic that I don't find interesting, but if so, I have not yet found it.
I am really an intellectual slut. The world of ideas thrills me. The more I know, the more I want to know. I have always suffered from the shinier pebble syndrome.
My lack of rigorous standards or all embracing curiosity has prevented me from mastering any one field, probably to my loss. But I can't say that I actually regret this. It is just an inevitable consequence of wanting to know everything about everything.
I love life! I am sure that there is not a day that goes by in which I fail to rejoice at the incredible and amazing universe in which I am privileged to exist. Of course, probably always in the back of my mind there is the mortality thing, but that's not something I can do anything about except to try to be fit and healthy and stay out of the way of onrushing beer trucks.
I suppose I am deeply religious. I just can't seem to avoid faith. I am pathologically optimistic. It is impossible for me to accept the idea that something so amazing as this universe and life within it should exist -- that left over star matter should so combine as to be aware of itself and the universe and ponder its destiny -- but that its design should be so fundamentally flawed as to reward self-conscious life with ultimate annihilation.
My goal here is not to press my religious ideas on anyone, though I will not be able to write about what matters to me most without bringing my religious philosophy into it.
What I want to do is to help people. I want to share what I have learned about the art and science of living in over three score years. I'm sure there are smarter people and better scholars and more able writers, but as small and dim as my light may be, I wish to share it.
After all, none of us knows as much as all of us.
So, I want to share what I know and hope you will do the same.
The issues that interest me have to do with health, wealth, longevity, and happiness. Despite my years as a university professor, I know I have yet much to learn about teaching. Still, I do think of myself as a master teacher and want to teach what I have learned about the well lived life. I suppose that "success" is the central theme of this blog.
What I want to do is to share what I know about living a successful life. I have some ideas about what a successful life is and will help people create their own definitions, then take action to realize their goals.
The main secret of success is no secret. After a few thousand years of study and observation, we know pretty well what the general parameters of success are. We have near perfect data: we can study the lives of successful people and see exactly how they differ from the lives that most of us live.Publish Post
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