All valuable decisions are made for a variety and combination of reasons; Often too many to even consider or acknowledge at the time of making.

The decision to travel across country to accept an invitation, in what was my most compromised-ever physical condition, was made (at least primarily) out of fear of regret. I knew it would be nearly exactly the mess it ended up being, and I also knew that passing up something of value based on physical discomfort is a choice I would hold myself to the fire for, long after the pain had gone.

"Time Under Tension", as seen (very limitedly) in issue #1 of the now-defunct Raze magazine. Written version now lives at www.warofattrition.com,

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Often, helping others doesn't feature the "feel good" moment that the movies portray...

Not a surprise, but in this odd case of a smashed-up old person and I, amidst a sea of dead-hearted younger people, certainly a disappointment.

"Disappointed, not surprised", as seen at www.warofattrition.com, from 2004.

Hope you enjoy.