There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
You may learn sooner than most generations the hard lesson that you must always make the path for yourself...There is no secret society out there that will tap you on your shoulder one night and show you the way.
Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche.
Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.
And we didn't have cell phones. If you made plans to meet someone in a snow storm, and they didn't show up, you just had to assume they were devoured by wolves and go on with your life.