I quite often think about when I was a younger man. I am now getting older, although still a young guy. I think of why I am not married, why I have no children, why I still have to work for a living-I was a pro athlete, I'm supposed to be retired by now. Where did the money go? The older a man gets, the more he realizes that the money, the women, the hero worshipers, do not matter. The old saying "you can't take it with you" stands true. I have always believed in God, always asked him for the gift of faith, always asked him for help, knowing that he does hear. And now that I think back on my life at this piont, I realize God always answered my prayers. I grew up in the toughest projects in boston and frequently asked God to get me the hell out of here. He blessed me with a dad that worked three full time jobs to move us to the suburbs. I asked god to let me be the best boxer I can be. I won every boxing title in the state, and lost by one vote for the olympic trials in 1983, was on ESPN, boxing on t.v. I asked God to let me help mankind in some way. I became a mailman in a very poor section in boston and then florida, helping people in numerous and sometimes very different ways. I have asked God for more meaning to my life. He has made me aware of the quality of friendships, the love of another human being, the importance of family, how I cherish my nieces and nephews, mom and dad. I once knew the love of a good woman. I continue to learn, and am not too proud to admit my mistakes to anyone who will ask me and maybe learn from me. I have often said that I have lived the life of five people in my short time on this earth. I have done a lot-good and bad-and the one thing that I can tell everyone....what comes around goes around. That I have REALLY learned. Jesus put it another way, let's see if I get this right.....DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOU, FOR WITH WHAT MEASURE YOU MEET, IT SHALL BE MEASURED BACK UNTO YOU. That is a rule to live by. In the end, and I mean the end, it isn't whether you are well educated, or have a great amount of money or power, have abused alcohol or drugs or have done steroids, or treated people wrongly, (let he who is without sin cast the first stone) It's did you learn enough from those experiences to change you as a human being, because you paid the price for your transgressions thru your life. But did it change you? Did it change you into a more compassionate human being, a more sincere person? Only the fool does not change...and that is the meaning of getting older...learning. For me, for now, I try to trust in God more than yesterday, because when I do, things turn out pretty well.