Let’s start off by talking a little personal philosophy. There’s a Bruce Springsteen song called “Glory Days” that is sort of an antithesis to me. It’s all about people who look backwards at better times because they are so depressed or forlorn about the present and future. For whatever reason, that is just not me. My focus is always on what is coming, and frankly one of the main things that keeps me energized is waking up every day and wondering just what, good or bad, is happening both personally and in the larger world. The past is past, and cannot be changed.