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Personal Narrative: My Speaking Of Age

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I probably should stop freaking out dog owners, when I guess their dog’s age. I am confident that I can be fairly accurate. I can do this with people. But, I do not even try with “skill” with women of course.
Speaking of age...I suppose it would be appropriate to reveal in a quick introduction that I am another example of - a delayed bloomer. Not all is lost in my conquest for pursuing purpose, validation, and the love of my life. Many experiences have shaped my thinking. The most I have taken from those experiences in an combination of wisdom, simplicity and desire for purity.
To love, hope and keep integrity is the conquest. It isn’t to be something that I am not. It isn’t to be the rest of the world. If I die, tomorrow, then I will die

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