The lessons aren’t as frequent now. However, when they come, they really break through…

This one is about embracing one’s fate with grace. It seems strange at first, but this is no longer new; I am old.

This is not about dying or death for me. It’s  about living with the shame of not being young or beautiful. It’s not my shame. It’s my child’s shame. How quickly I’ve gone from being the cool artistic writer filmmaker Dad to, “I’m ashamed of you!” All stemming from that well of adolescent peer shaming bullying that the liberals have failed to eradicate from the schools, despite the glossy brochures to the contrary.

Fredrick N. said amor fati; or love your fate. Drax said in Guardian of the Galaxy: “When you’re ugly and people love you, you know it’s real. Beautiful people never know who to trust.”

Finally, the 2 great philosophers of our time in 1 sentence; Nietzsche and Drax the Destroyer!

My fate is that I love my child despite the fact that she is ashamed of me. I never saw that one coming. The laughs just keep on coming!

Life is great like that! Full of surprises.