So well said, Creed. I know my h is undoing his own reputation just by how he presents himself and walks around nowadays. Our whole former circle of friends (my friends now, since he wants to hang out with the young folks) is just left scratching their heads each time he comes around.
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." Robert Collier
"One's best success often comes after their greatest disappointments." Henry Ward Beecher