I have tremendous hope for the future because of the kids I’ve met and read about. They’re a lot like the generation you grew up with, BJ, don’t you think?

I also notice that those who have the dough and prestige to get things done are usually the biggest targets for the type of ridicule that works against what they’re trying to do. For instance the recent headlines on “An Inconvenient Electric Bill” re Al Gore.

So maybe Warren Buffett had the right idea in giving most of it away.

Robin, this blog, if it can find its way in front of that young audience you wish to help, would go a long way toward doing so. And I think if the folks you met in NYC have anything to do with it, that will happen. In fact, I’d be curious to hear from them what they think of your little corner of the blogosphere. I predict that within a year’s time you might need to move this blog to a dedicated server to handle the traffic, which is every dedicated blogger’s dream, whether they realize it or not.

It makes my world domination seem much more acceptable.

Barry, thanks for adding all that. I agree about interacting with others–and I think that’s the fun part. It seems like once you start heading in a certain direction, you get to meet all these new people along the way who share your ideas and hopes.

Yeah, very Wizard of Ozish, but still true.

“The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.”

I would add to that “…in a way that makes you happy and doesn’t destroy someone else.”

Our goals are, unfortunately, not just our own. Unless your goal is to die alone and unloved, you’re going to need other people to help along the way. Which means that you have to interact with others, whose goals may conflict with your own.

We are not masters of our own destinies. We ARE masters of deciding if we’re going to give up or not. That’s what matters.

As I said when I finally became Lord of the Universe

1. Go about your business.
2. Don’t get hit by an asteroid.
3. No, I won’t have him turned into a casaba melon.

So, you see, while I rule the universe, I like to delegate and not micro-manage, but ultimately you can hold me responsible for anything.

Let’s try to confine our good deeds to helping people in ways they’d like to be helped. ‘Kay?

Unless you have an itch for world domination…