Never the Twain Shall I Meet

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

What you don’t know. An awful lot and much of which will never, in any way, affect, influence or be more than a “Gee, I did not know that.” moment in a conversation.
What you do know. It is much too easy to just continue along the path of a chosen cozy life. Friends, a few if you are lucky and actually take the time to cultivate them. Money, you are not rich, rich but you do pay all the bills, have a somewhat secure sense of where it will come from tomorrow and you might, if you are frugal enough, have more than the average American, set aside for those unexpected occurrences and the future when you just do not want to participate with the daily grind of a job one second longer. Family, hopefully, still generations deep, healthy and not dysfunctional enough to cause any serious commotions on holiday and birthday gatherings. With the previous comfortably in hand, you can almost safely assume that tomorrow you will have a roof instead of an underpass over your head for the coming chilly night. At least for the time being.