Book Quotes: No Guarantees in Life

From Written on the Knee by Dr. Theodore Electris (p. 27):

Thus far in my life I had thought that the creature comforts of home--like the best soft bed and exquisite food--were guaranteed, things that I had worked for and was entitled to. Little did I know that at this stage in my life I would be camped out in the cold, and not because of my own pursuit of some wild mountain adventure. There are no guarantees in life...