"It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll." AC/DC's late great singer Bon Scott spewed out those words a long long time ago. He was right, but in more ways than he could ever have imagined. Besides the obvious, the paying of the dues, isn't this statement true for life in general? Isn't it true "that life's a journey, not a destination" (Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler), and within that journey we hope to come to certain realizations? Contentment is the final goal, the summit of our trek, that which makes us whole, that which makes us the best possibility of who we can be. Getting there is a tough road. Obsticles cross our path constantly. As Springsteen sang, "things'll hit you you don't even see comin'." Those are the things that sometimes break your heart. That bittersweet taste we sometimes find on our lips is the stuff life's made up of. The word harsh doesn't do it justice. We fight life as we try to come to these conclusions. It batters us, and leaves us cold, a lonely panic that seems godless and bleak. Ah, but hope springs eternal. The possibility of solving these mysteries keeps us on our path. Soon we begin to see light at the end of our tunnel. That light comes through time. If time doesn't heal all wounds, then in the very least, it helps us to see things clearer, and for what they really are. And in those truths we at last discover ourselves. Take care. Later, Butch