NTE,

You may balk at what I say, but...Every hour of Every day is a chance for you to man up, to be strong, and to let your true soul shine out.

Order NMMNG on Amazon - NOW.

"Not sure how the wife would take to me reading a book of that title."

So don't tell her dammit! \:\/ Do you have to ask her permission for everything? I'm NOT trying to wind you up NTE - I'm simply pointing out that what "the wife" thinks should never be your first concern in making important decisions in your life. For now at any rate, you definitely don't tell her. Read the book at work. Keep it out of sight. You will be doing this for you, period. Its not going to be yet something else she can criticise you for. Got it?!?

Incidentally, specifically what kind of work issues have you been dealing with? If you were prepared to go into more detail, I might be able to give you some ideas. I'm going through some big upheavals myself at the moment.

You probably feel like the whole fricking world is against you right now - but its not. There are people on this board and elsewhere that know what you're dealing with and can help. So feel free to ask.

A final suggestion to you is to try and work some kind of meditation into you schedule - it really will help.

All the best,

S&A


"A man can be destroyed but not defeated" - from The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.

Which I take to mean that every man has within him a spirit of relentlessness and optimism. Its already there; he just has to cultivate it.