Gravedigger

there is no need for any circumstance to shape your life in the negative manner. any situation can be overcome with diligence and formality of purpose by which we have not only been created to achieve, but have also been given definite guidance on how to achieve success in these processes.  any obstacle in the way of man can be given over to experience; it either will be experience or regret. the what ifs of the mid life crisis are paving stones toward the grave.  we lift shovels full of regret from the grave getting deeper as to say when we are finally there all will see the path we took, all will know how deep we dug.  A certain Dave Matthews song comes to mind every time i consider the grave and here it is fitting to say "Gravedigger, when you dig my grave make it shallow so that I can feel the  rain."  We dig our own graves as certain as we build our own empires.  What we leave behind can be viewed in those two aspects; have we dug deep and all our dreams lay down with us, or have we barely scratched the surface of the grave and spent our time and energy building something, some monument that points others toward greater achievements than we ever dreamed.