IT APPEARS THAT I HAVE OUTLIVED MANY PEOPLE with whom I’ve had issues over the years. We have been on opposite sides of a contest, or one of us has gotten in the way of the other somehow, or there was some occurrence that caused a lasting rift. Just the normal sort of differences that occur naturally with humankind, but over the years these things can build up. I tried to keep the list short, not wanting to offend anyone. My goal was always to do right, to do my best, and I figured my reputation would take care of itself. There were often people who might be willing to make moral compromises; I never would. Whatever that cost me, I was prepared for the loss. Some things are not worth sacrificing your self-respect. So I persisted on my way, achieving what I could, but never cheating. A person without ethics is lost. Looking back now, a lot of people with whom I contested have gone on to their final reward. Nothing that I did contributed to their finale. I attended no funerals because I live in a different city now. I recall Mark Twain’s comment that he couldn’t be at the funeral, but he sent a note saying that he approved. I wouldn’t go that far, but I can be allowed, I hope, to relish the thought that I outlived the bastards.
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