GUIDANCE        The best thing that happens, sometimes, is the worst things not happening. We squeak by, we escape hot water, the business gets a contract or deal that averts bankruptcy. We settle out of court, or we get off Scott-free at a hearing. Yay! We are more thrilled at what doesn't happen today than we have been about good things that happen: Whew! Friends come to my aid when I get myself in over my head, or I do something reckless: A friend in need – and especially a friend when you ar...

GUIDANCE      Into each life comes difficulties. What we do with them enlarges or shrinks them, or makes them a turning point. I like to read this fellow who says shorting stocks in a market crash gets him rich. You can do that in social and spiritual and mental life and even in your physical life too. You just have to have that glint of strategy in your eye, and maybe be light of foot and thick of skin, depending upon the flavor of the difficulty. Whining spoils that party, big time. You make m...