I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth?Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state.
Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.