Excerpt from an email...

"So, I was thinking hard last night, trying to let all threads lead to an apex. For years now I have thought that I should devote myself to making large sums of money. I just can't have that as my focus. When that is my goal, I seem to be miserable no matter what I'm doing. It has always been a part of my nature to help people. That was my focus for years, and I was happy. When I say happy, I mean it was a joy to be nice to people, not something that took effort. I was accepting of people, not critical of them. I was optimistic. Um, OK, I should stop now, but you get my drift. I may still need to go to the top of the mountain to get specifics, but I think I must stand firm on the generalities."