I have often said that there really is nothing about my life that I would change. I have made a lot of really dumb mistakes but I would not take any of them back because each of them has taught me something. Half of my mistakes were the best things I have done in the long run. There is nothing wrong with messing up if you learn from it and the lesson makes you more wise. Take it from me. I have offered many opportunities for wisdom to show it's head.

I do claim one real regret in my life though and that is not listening to the wisdom, warnings and teachings of my elders. I am now getting to the age where I am attending more and more funerals and seeing people I care about leave this earth. It makes one think of their own mortality and my preparation for my older years. I know when I was growing up my dad would talk to me about saving money for retirement and protecting my credit rating. I wish I had paid more attention to that. This is the stage in life where you start looking at what you will do when you are no longer someone an employer is going to want to invest in. Do you have the assets to provide for you and your family? The only regret I really have is that I did not properly prepare for my older years financially.

We have much to learn from our elders. They have been there and done that. We need to soak in their wisdom and experience. Who better to learn from than those who have already seen and done what we are going through. They know love, life and how to and not to make it work. Need advice? Talk to someone who has been there. Thanks for trying dad...I get it now.

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