Everyone needs a lifeboat at some time in their lives. We need one when life overwhelms us with grief, sorrow, or tragedy. We need one in ordinary times when we are lost and are struggling to find our way again.

Looking back, I can see struggle after struggle. Nothing I did resulted in the huge success I’d envisioned. But now I recognize that each struggle was an unopened gift.

“Life is like a bear! You either eat the bear or the bear eats you!” ~Mr. Shorofsky of the TV show Fame If you remember the eighties TV show Fame, you may recall one episode when Mr…