I am closer to the end than to the beginning of my life and I can remember specific instances from almost sixty years ago that I wish I could be erased and played differently. Some of these were just moments of embarrassment, but there are two or three that would have changed the course of my life. They all had to do with times that I gave up trying to do something because it was too difficult. Yet, even then, I knew that I could do it if I persisted. But I didn't and that set a pattern for the rest of my life.