You can't always be the master of your own destiny. That's easy to say, but not always possible to do. I've been lucky in that I've always had a decent place to live and plenty to eat, but I've known others who have suffered financial ruin due to no fault of their own and I've also known people with chronic life threatening and fatal conditions, not much you can do about that other than try to be as positive as you can.

Also with the job market not everyone can just quit or accept less pay. I know I can't, I don't have any debt other than a car and a mortgage, but I do have a kid in college and pets that depend on my income.

But on the bright side I do have the things that make me happiest, my wife, our kids, our pets.

Aside from those things the things that make me happiest is being out in nature. I love being out in the woods or in the mountains (non existent in UTC of Texas) It just makes me feel alive and happy to be there.