Re: missed opportunities?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl
 > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:14:32 -0500
 >
 > Too bad about the horn. Your nickname could have been Horny instead of
 >  :-)  We would had been very willing to pay 60 bucks just to see if
 > you liked it.  A lot of $$ in those days though.  We could had bought one
 > second hand.  Grandpa Walsh's  favorite saying was  Everything happens
 > for the best.  That's a hard cliche to buy.

Sounds like Pangloss in Voltaire's Candide...

 > Uncle Jim started with the
 > trumpet and it JUST not was right for him ended up with the drums!!

Ah.  Sounds familar.  Or, familar sounds in the family.

 > I didn't have a choice when I wanted to really, really continue with
 > ballet at age 9.  The teacher relocated and we couldn't afford to take a
 > bus for lessons in New Haven.

Interesting.  In my case, it was hestitation on my part due to money.  In
your case, it was due to real monetary/income problems.

 > I recently thought if I had,  how
 > different things would had turned out.  Always an interesting scenario
 > that might not have changed a thing. 
 > Unexpected benefits
 >  Unexpected drawbacks
 > Just asked Richard and he said he wasn't concerned about money.

Yeah.  It's weird.  Maybe that's the reason I am the way I am.  Hard to
say.

You were always concerned with money, right?  (Not to the extreme of Ted
Cate, 'tho, I assume.)

 > I WAS as a little child very concerned about  taking material things and
 > financial benefits from my parents.  I felt obligated that they took care
 > of me. Think you got it from my DNA- Donations Not Accepted.  

Possibly.

Interesting how our own perceptions limit us in particular ways.