The Big One

Thoughts on turning 60 last Monday. Hey , it could be worse. I could still be 17 years old and pining to the love of a girl I was too shy to talk to. I met her years later, broke the ice and found out she was engaged. {sigh} Those who talk about grabbing the brass ring are right - every time. God, and Fortune (the luck one, not the $$ one) always favour the bold But it didn't turn out so bad. I might never have come to the US and met my wife and had the family I have. As Steve McQueen in the Magnificant Seven related in the story about the guy falling off the side of a skyscraper "so far so good...."