Though in my autumn years I am not so sure if this is true. Many of the people I probably should have avoided along the way were the very same ones who catapulted me from adventure to adventure. I lived my life like a pinball game and they were the flippers that enabled me light up the backboard once in awhile. I learned inches and seconds can change one's life trajectory dramatically. I needed everyone, assholes and all, to get me to the place I am right now, and it is a very good place......