I thoughtful Sloper sent me this thought-provoking quote from Shakespeare:
"There is a tide in the affairs of men. which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures."
~ Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218-224
