I have been a trial lawyer for 38 years and I go to work every day determined to make the system work for everyone and to make the world a better place. Somedays are hell but most of the time I enjoy the battle with all its twist and turns. Before you say that is different because my job is boring or physically demanding, allow me one other point. I was a plumber working construction for a year before going to law school. I loved every minute of it. Digging ditches, joining pipe, operating a back hoe and my favorite, the jack hammer. I would go home after a hard day exhausted but satisfied. In high school I was a produce clerk in a grocery store. My produce rack became the most profitable in the entire southern region of Texas because I took great pride in what I did. Before that I was pumping gas and working on engines in a gas station. Loved every minute of it. My secret? It was the people I worked with and pride in being the best. We would all get together after work and share stories about a million things. Our lives, nightmare customers, idiot bosses, gossip. We shared a bond forged in the work place. It is my observation that the miserable people are miserable no matter what. They think a different job, different wife, different president, different life would make them happy. Wrong. They have some kind of depressive disorder and are unhappy all the time no matter what. My advice is to avoid these people like the plague that they are. Chase your passion and be your best. Everything else should take care of itself.