Where I look forward to spring

[netpositive]

The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
– Benjamin Mays

One can do things without having a goal, but
then there's no good way to measure progress.

The last couple of years have been both personally and
professionally difficult, but useful. I learned that
things happen, and you deal with them, and move on.

And sadly there *were* a lot of positive things
that I never wrote about, mostly because it takes me
such a long time to write anything -- and then often
by the time I figured things out, the urgency to write
had passed.

I am always very happy about good things that happen to
other people. My friend noire has a new book coming out,
as does ctan. Whuffle and halleyscomet are about to have
their first child. Other people are graduating, marrying,
getting new jobs, studying abroad, moving on, moving out.

Where am I right now?

I'll try to talk more about good things as I go along.
But I know I'm not perfect. And I don't want to crow,
or make other people envious. I work hard -- but I also
know I'm very lucky. And I'm grateful for those of you
who have supported me in good times and in tough ones.

Remember not only to say the right thing
in the right place, but far more difficult still,
to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
-Ben Franklin