Might be cliche…a common answer, but for me it’s definitely true. My struggles and failures in life have given me my greatest lessons.

Like going 4-13 in my junior year in varsity wrestling.

Like never being a starter on the football team.

Like quitting my job fifteen years into my career.

Like my bumpy history in romantic relationships, including two marriages ending in divorce.

These are among the experiences that have taught me the most about my true mission in life; about the areas of relationship I need to be more brave, and actively draw on courage; about accepting that not being the best in something doesn’t mean it’s not a worthwhile endeavor.

The biggest lessons?

Rely on faith, gratitude, resilience, trust, and love.

Nearly fifty-seven years in, I’d say “Life?”

Call it GOOD.