It didn’t take me long to realize I hit the jackpot at last. I am not referring to money or fame. I am referring to finding my place in life. Oh, it took a heck of a long time to find my place in life, but after I found it, it didn’t take me long to realize it. I became a college professor. Well, an assistant professor, but you have to start someplace.

I found myself standing in unknown ground: a new state, a new college, new students, new coworkers, and new culture. But the irony is, I felt like I have been here forever. So far it’s been a great adventure. So far it’s been more than I expected, which, by the way, is the first time in 46 years I could make that claim. Never before has something been “more than expected.”

I will park this right here; leave it for another day. But hey, these three paragraphs are a start. Right?