When I look back at my educational, work, and personal life experiences, they definitely weren’t the elite variety like some of the peers I grew up wirh. 

But they all turned out good even when they didn’t appear to be so on the surface.  

Or at least that’s what I tell myself.

This analogy came to mind. I didn’t get the Michelin star 5 course meal.  But what I did get was the family meal, the one served in some restaurants for staff.

Which in some ways. so much better – prepared for people you may love and at least have to work with.  I’ve never worked in the industry but I imagine that the meal would be prepared with at least a modicum of care and if not the best ingredients, certainly not the scraps.

What chef would that to his staff and himself?

I also think that one must look at a life as a whole, not just isolated incidents and chapters. Very much like what some have said about U2, the whole is greater than the sum of their parts. A concept that applies to a good number of things, including music, sports, food, and lives.