It’s so important that I add this piece...

I’ve felt in times that I was so much “wiser”, so more “intuitive” than other people, like I was “better” or “more in-tune” than most, but in the end it’s all a farce.  It can be summed up in this favorite quote:

“If you have learned to walk
A little more sure-footedly than I,
Be patient with my stumbling then
And know that only as I do my best and try
May I attain the goal
For which we both are striving.

If through experience, your soul
Has gained heights which I
As yet in dim-lit vision see,
Hold out your hand and point the way,
Lest from its straightness I should stray,
And walk a mile with me.”
--
Cole

“We make choices in life, and then we must live with
    those choices. In the end, we ARE those choices.”