What I learned.

Stages of life:
As a child, I learned that only if others were pleased and the world don’t blowup...
As teenager, I learned that if only I were smarter and better looking...
As young man, I learned that only if I were hard working, accumulate wealth and goodwill...
In middle life, I realized many of these perspectives I have learned lack precision. My new perspective is that I am grateful for this moment as it is.  I’m simply to pay attention, be curious, understand the messages behind pleasure and suffering, be aware of my tendency to judgement based of my past experiences and imagined fears of future, and respond to the the needs of the collective oneness with love.