Hi ! Marmora Man I would like to share my own opinion about this thread. I studied 3 years Politics Economics abroad and I did not finished the last 2 years for personal reasons; but then after a while I have learned to build my own hopes for a better future, maybe the past has fallen apart and tomorrows ground can be too uncertain for plans, but each step I have taken in a new direction has helped me to create a path towards a promise for a brighter future. So we can't always say 40 years was wasted becouse in life we all learn something from our own personal experience. Those small daily happenings is what makes our lifes so spectacular and I know, I can't choose how I feel but I can choose what to do about it, this is something I always like to remember "The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past " we can't continous in life if we haven't forgotten our failures and heartaches. Happiness depends on conditions being precieved as positive.