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  An Essay by Steve Michaels My daughter purchased an aquarium of tadpoles for my grandchildren to watch grow into frogs. There was a big rock in the middle of the tadpole’s environment, and I asked why.  It was hard to believe I had never heard this story, because it’s so good. She said the gentleman at the store told her to be sure to put a big rock right in the middle of the aquarium.  The tadpoles must have this obstacle to give them       incentive to climb up and thus split their wiggly little tails so that their legs can begin to develop.  If they have no rock or obstacle to climb up on, they will never turn into frogs.  They cannot learn to hop by just swimming around in the           water.  They must have something causing resistance to give them incentive to leap forward. The man explained that last year a school teacher came back to the store and comp...

No one likes to lose; we play to win; we expect to win. We take jobs, we build businesses, we enter into all kinds of relationships, and we absolutely do not expect to lose. But according to Beyoncé, "The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens. And it happens when it needs to happen. And you have to embrace those things." We often look back on our lives and realize that if this “bad” thing had never happened, this “good” thing could never have happened either.  Bad things sometimes happen for a good reason – we just can’t see it at the time.  We’ve always heard that when one door closes a window opens (or sometimes another door).  Look for those openings, those opportunities.  The year 2020 has brought much loss.  Our lives have changed dramatically.  It’s alright to grieve. Whether it’s the loss of sports in a senior year, the loss of walking a...