{"id":57294,"date":"2022-02-16T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=57294"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:23:02","slug":"our-way-but-the-best-is-yet-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=57294","title":{"rendered":"Our way. And the best is yet to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My son, Michael, is 40 today. In June I will be 80.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My dear friend Francis emailed me this video of the song <em>My Way<\/em> along with a note, &#8220;<em>This is how I feel about my life and yours\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-57294-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MY-WAY-lb-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MY-WAY-lb-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MY-WAY-lb-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is the original of the song recorded by Frank Sinatra in the late 1960s:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZNA6fGNaAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here are the lyrics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My way<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And now, the end is near<br \/>\nAnd so I face the final curtain<br \/>\nMy friends, I&#8217;ll say it clear<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll state my case of which I&#8217;m certain<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve lived a life that&#8217;s full<br \/>\nI traveled each and every highway<br \/>\nBut more, much more than this<br \/>\nI did it my way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Regrets, I&#8217;ve had a few<br \/>\nBut then again, too few to mention<br \/>\nI did what I had to do<br \/>\nAnd saw it through without exemption<br \/>\nI planned each chartered course<br \/>\nEach careful step along the byway<br \/>\nBut more, much more than this<br \/>\nI did it my way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yes, there were times, I&#8217;m sure you knew<br \/>\nWhen I bit off more than I could chew<br \/>\nBut through it all, when there was doubt<br \/>\nI ate it up and spit it out<br \/>\nI faced it all and I stood tall<br \/>\nAnd did it my way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve loved, laughed and cried<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve had my fill, my share of losing<br \/>\nAnd now, as tears subside<br \/>\nI find it all so amusing<br \/>\nTo think I did all that<br \/>\nAnd may I say, not in a shy way<br \/>\nOh no, no, not me<br \/>\nI did it my way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For what is a man, what has he got<br \/>\nIf not himself then he has not<br \/>\nTo say all the things he truly feels<br \/>\nAnd not the words of one who kneels<br \/>\nThe record shows, I took the blows<br \/>\nBut I did it my way<\/p>\n<div id=\"center_col\">\n<div id=\"res\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"search\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CAIQNQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQGnoECAIQNQ\">\n<div id=\"rso\" data-async-context=\"query:lyrics%20to%20i%20did%20it%20my%20way\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CAwQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQ_-ABKAB6BAgMEAA\">\n<div id=\"_WEENYo_NEoPo9AOSgpbAAQ30\" data-dep=\"1\" data-eprs=\"1\" data-esos=\"1\" data-sosm=\"24\" data-tfts=\"300\" data-udq=\"1\">\n<div id=\"_WEENYo_NEoPo9AOSgpbAAQ31\" data-ii=\"1\" data-mcei=\"cubic-bezier(0.1,1,0.2,1)\" data-mcsi=\"cubic-bezier(0.2,0.6,0.2,1)\" data-mcso=\"cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,0.8)\" data-md=\"300\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQztoBKAB6BAgMEAE\">\n<div id=\"kp-wp-tab-cont-default_tab:kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-lopri=\"1\" data-rcov=\"1\" data-hveid=\"CAwQAw\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQydoBKAF6BAgMEAM\">\n<div id=\"kp-wp-tab-default_tab:kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-hveid=\"CBIQAw\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQkt4BKAB6BAgSEAM\">\n<div aria-label=\"Lyrics\" data-hveid=\"CCAQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQy9oBKAB6BAggEAA\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-hveid=\"CB4QAA\">\n<div>\n<div lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CB0QAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQsEx6BAgdEAA\">\n<div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Lyricfind002-161217\">\n<div>Source:\u00a0LyricFind<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Paul Anka wrote the song. According to Google, while singer-songwriter legend Paul Anka has left a long trail of hits over his 60-year career, he admits that early on, he was terrified to pen a tune for Frank Sinatra. &#8220;He&#8217;d always tease me, &#8216;hey kid, when are you going to write me a song?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the last song Sinatra recorded. He went on to record &#8220;<em>The Best Is Yet Come.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQIZ-Esbg_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Michael for all the joy you have brought your mother Susan and me and your sister Claire and our expanding Newton\/Maloney families.<\/p>\n<p>The best is happening every day. The rain has stopped. The sun has peeped out. The buds are appearing. Portland, Oregon, where Michael and his family lives, is looking great.<\/p>\n<p>See all my friends tomorrow. Thank you Francis. (I told you yesterday, it was going to drop today.) &#8212; <em>Harry Newton<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hveid=\"CB0QAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQsEx6BAgdEAA\">\n<div>\n<div data-lyricid=\"Lyricfind002-161217\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hveid=\"CB4QAA\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div lang=\"en-US\" data-attrid=\"kc:\/music\/recording_cluster:lyrics\" data-md=\"113\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CB0QAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiP2daS7IT2AhUDNH0KHRKBBRgQsEx6BAgdEAA\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son, Michael, is 40 today. In June I will be 80. My dear friend Francis emailed me this video of the song My Way along with a note, &#8220;This is how I feel about my life and yours\u2026&#8221; Here is the original of the song recorded by Frank Sinatra in the late 1960s: Here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57294"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57318,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57294\/revisions\/57318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}