Ehh, maybe I am full of it, but I think "what we have here is a failure to communicate" perpectives
E.G. If you view all of life as one continuous journey, one continuous present, then puppy's M issues become a mega marathon
If you are a deal with things as they come up, make plans for the future, and past problems were just how you learned kind of guy, then these things are more like discrete units
M-47,W-40,No kids D-filed 5/27/2010 Piecing - 10/21/2010 -=Soon to be banned=-