I don’t know about having the respect of intelligent men and women, but at least I qualify for success in the second half of the equation, because children love me as evidenced by my twin granddaughters. Especially when they were very young they followed me around, sat in my lap, sang and played the piano for me, came in my office and stood there staring at me working until I “had” to stop what I was doing and talk to them; they counted to ten in Spanish for me, and wrote love letters and left them for me to find on my desk, bed, and living room . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2023/11/explaining-the-unexplainable/