ST. CROIX INSIGHTS

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Well, it’s finally happened: after starting earlier this year, offering my thoughts on the world around me—everything from chocolate to Walmart to cancer to leaving a job—I finally reached 50 Life Lessons. What a milestone! The lessons never end.

The lessons never end–maybe my two kids will read these lessons one day and better understand their dad. Better understand that life isn’t always easy. Better understand that their old man has walked in their shoes many times, and sometimes he really does know better.

But the thing is, even I don’t have all the answers. (I know. It came as a shock to me too.)

And that seems to be the pattern: Just as we master a new lesson in life, we’re presented with a brand-new one to figure out and work through. Just when we’re sure we have this whole “living” thing figured out, life conspires to remind us how wrong we are and how much we have yet to learn.

It seems there’s a new lesson to be learned every day—and that’s the key to this final lesson. There’s always more to learn. We just have to be open to the lessons. The lessons never end.

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