Our grandparents were right: The way to a happy life is to make a commitment and stick with it. Commit to marriage, commit to work, commit to whatever opportunity presents itself and push on until you can push no more.
My generation, those of us born between 1960 and 1980, has been plagued by an abundance of choice. We are advised to end relationships when the going gets tough, to look for a new job when things aren’t what we had expected or to complain until we get the desired response. This advice has never paid off. Instead we have broken marriages, a lack of job security and annoyance.
I would change all this if I could. I would stay here and build garages and houses instead of spending a decade as a Marine. I would make my marriage work instead of separating in search of some answer that never came, and I would accept the advice of my elders rather than listening to government, the education system and my peers. If I did, I would have my family, my house and the happiness that eludes me.
Hopefully, people just now trying to figure out what to do will accept this hard-earned knowledge as truth and save themselves from a world of hurt.
Jamie Beaulieu, Jay
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