Ponderings of a Scientist

So I'm off to the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference
in Burlington Vermont, thanks to initiative I took at work.  I
found out my boss was attending, did some research on who was going to
be there and what the meeting was all about, and decided it would be a
good career move to go.  So I made the pitch to my boss and got an
expense paid trip to the conference.  The moral of my little
story, and my reason for writing, is to remind everyone that for many
things in our lives the desired outcome is in our grasp, but it is up
to us to take the initative to get what we want; no one else is going
to do it for us.   So stop sitting around waiting for life to
come to you, get out there and make your dreams (whether small or
large) come true.