Ambition can be a terrible thing to have, I guess...I think once upon a time I might’a had some but I seem to have lost it along the way....when a body’s young, ambition is touted as a virtue, something to be admired ‘n even lauded...why, there are some folks that claim that it’s the driving force behind civilization it’s own self....’n they might be right, I don’t know...’course, when you come right down to it, there’s an awful lot of different kinds of ambition... kind’a reminds me of that Bill Clinton thing of the meaning of ‘is’...for example, there are people who’re always wanting to build something bigger ‘cause in their minds, bigger is better....’n in the micro-chip world where smaller is better, it’s the same thing only in reverse....reminds me of this ‘ol boy I use’ta know (don’t want’a mention a name here) who was a liar ‘n cheat of the first order....he used to say that if something wasn’t worth cheating for, it wasn’t worth having...he also believed that old adage that ‘he who dies with the most toys, wins’....I think he was wrong about that one also....or we could ask John Edwards....or not...
Anyways, on these long, dreary winter daze, I seemed t’be filled with a lack of ambition...maybe even a little envious of the old bears ability to go to sleep in the Fall ‘n wake up in the Spring...I think I’d be even worse if I lived back in Kentucky where they have real winter weather...
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