Hello orgers. I wish every single one of you the very best that life has to offer in this new year. I hope that all of your dreams come true. This is my first thread of 2005 so I thought I might start it off with something inspirational, a little something to help inspire us to be the best people that we can be.

When I was a kid, I had a teacher that assigned wonderful literary treasures about life and how to live our best lives. She would assign poetry, speeches, fables, and other odds and ends that we'd have to memorize and recite. Often times, there would be poems that would conclude with a sort of epitaph that read: Unknown. From Apples of Gold. I'd like to know what the most important life lessons are that you have learned to be most precious in your life. How did you come to learn these lessons and who was instumental in helping you achieve your goals?