Just Basic Math

I was an adequate student in elementary school…I learned my basic math… never realizing how addition, subtraction, multiplication and division would help me on life's path. I knew, when it came to money and a budget, they would help me along the way… but they were only numbers…other than that…what good were they? Then…as I grew into a teen…an adult…a husband, a dad…a granddad… I began to realize my life is happier when to it…friends and family I add. It is basic math really…but emotionally applied: When we share our love and happiness with the friends and family we've added… our love and happiness are multiplied! And when a friend or family member is subtracted…a sadness for which we are usually unprepared…the weight of our sorrow becomes a little lighter…when it's divided…when it's shared. So now I understand how basic math in life totally relates to me…. which means I've come full circle… Wait! …isn't that geometry? Yes, I never dreamed all those years ago…as I started down life's path… some of its secrets were being taught to me in the guise of basic math. Which makes me wonder…if I had understood, then, the secrets basic math conveyed… perhaps I would have been a better student… and earned a better grade!