I have lost a lot in my life, starting with my parents divorcing at an early age. I was shunned by friends and neighbors.

It was a different time in the 50s. Things didn't get much better in the 60s, and I cultivated a lot of anger from being left out and not counted.

I earned a lot of respect in the army as a Ranger, but that all changed after I returned home to a general consensus that we were all really bad. I have had three failed marriages.

I rarely got to see my children, and that cultivated even more anger. In my second marriage, we did a lot of boating, fishing, and scuba diving.

After seventeen years, that went south too. You guessed it--more anger.

My third marriage was wrong from the beginning, but I got to have horses and be a rancher in the Rocky Mountains. That ended badly as well.

I met a wonderful woman in 2013, and we've been together ever since. When she got cancer three years ago, it humbled me and changed my life.

I began to read the Bible, learn how to pray, and start getting past the anger. This book tells the story of how I got here and what I've done to change all that hate and anger and become a better person.

I continue to learn more every day and make progress through these efforts. If it can work for me, it can work for you.

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