Just wanted to take the opportunity to point something out:

He was only 60 years old. That's not that old. I'm past half-way to 60 already.

As a parent with a child with a terminal illness - I just want to say... enjoy the moment. Do what makes you happy... I've seen too many colleagues, friends and family set very high goals, long-term goals that take forever to get to... and are usually met with failure, so they feel like failures and never get anywhere. Or they are in relationships that are not suitable, or they dislike their work etc...

I personally look no more than 12 months in the future - where do we want to be, where do we want to travel, which milestones for our kids do we want to acheive in the next 12 months. And we hit them everytime. Motivated, attainable.

Don't forget to identify the smaller details that make up the big picture. Sometimes life is the small stuff.

The straight reality is that anyone at any time can wake up with cancer, a brain tumor, etc. So enjoy the now and make the hard decisions to get on track with where you want to be. Why wait?

Anywho, enough of my preaching.

As a devoted fan of the 80's cartoon, I thank Steve Gerber for his hard work, devotion and talent for making my life a little easier back when I was a displaced foster child. Rock on Steve, rock on.

Cheers! ~ Paul.