An Exercise in Restraint

Do you set personal goals for yourself? Seriously, WordPress? This is the sort of question that makes me suspicious of the person asking it. What are you hoping to accomplish here? Are you trying to improve me? Because I have news for you. At my age, personal improvement is a bit like renovating a house with a crumbling foundation. Sure, you can slap some paint on the walls, but eventually the whole thing is going to collapse, and now you’ve wasted perfectly good paint. Still, I suppose I should have some goals. Some people set fitness goals. They want to run a marathon, climb a mountain, or achieve the sort of abdominal definition that makes them look like they were assembled from a box of LEGOs. Other people set professional goals. They want to get promoted, start a business, or become the CEO of something. And then there are the people who set spiritual goals. They want to become more mindful, more compassionate, more at peace with the universe. Good for them. Personally, I would…