On Love and Regret

There are three goals that are the most persistent in my life:

1) Make the world a slightly better place before I die (work in progress)
2) Be a good person (currently successful)
3) Write a book (nothing so far)

Then there are the "side quests" that usually crop up, like work, academia, and life in general. For citizens of a superpower, we lead a very unnecessarily complex life. We need to make the money so the lights stay on and our bellies don't grumble. But I have noticed that people in my generation (including me) seem to have all our supposed goals out of whack. Get the career, then get the family. Have the family, then get the career. Go out, have fun, and worry about the future later. And then it just gets more skewed. I thought I knew what I wanted but somewhere along the line I missed something. I was so focused on preparing myself for the trials and tribulations of the work force I sorely missed developing my people skill. Not in business, because those are sharp. I mean talking with other people in a social setting. It just seems to me that we have a harder time making a connection then our parents did. Now I feel as if I can't get my point across or people misunderstand me. I have to get better, but I am also worried. If we are having trouble and don't see it, what happens to the kids who come after us?

The Truth..............
................................. is that she is gone and it hurts so much.