OK, I realize I have written about Benjamin Franklin quite a few times in the past several weeks. It just occurs to me from time to time that he was fabulously successful in all he did. Benjamin Franklin began a project in his youth because he wanted to become as fine, good, and yes, even as perfect as he could be. He called it his Project for Moral Perfection. He wrote about it in his autobiography, which, of course you have read.

He somehow knew as a youth that his decisions were very important. The choices he would make in life—his education, his marriage, his career, and his service to others would be important. Extremely so. He was then very attentive and even cautious about his resolutions. He resolved to become as perfect as he possibly could.

Despite the various untrue myths about Ben, he was truly great. Take a look at his life. At all he was able to accomplish. It is dazzling, for want of a better word. Has there been a man as great as Benjamin Franklin in America, before of since? Only Thomas Jefferson and George Washington come close, in my opinion.

Do you ever give that much thought to your own lifetime decisions?