I want to do something that matters.

I want to do something that makes a difference. From my journey thus far, I've realized that nothing really matters. Nothing makes a difference. We are born and we will die and sometime in between we try to make a difference, at least some of us do. And some of us succeed.

I want to do something that matters, that means something to someone. Yes, I've helped many people in my life. Most recently, I bought a light bulb and put it in a room for deformed children to see. It might not be earth shattering for you, but for the children it was.  And once a young woman came to my office for advice. She was in nursing school at the time. I saw in her a doctor and I told her to apply to medical school because she was clearly not a nurse; she a doctor. And one year later, she informed me that she entered medical school because she realized that she was indeed a doctor.  I have touched people's lives one by one, but I am going to be sixty years old in 14 years and there isn't time to dilly dally.

My life has been rich, abundantly, filthy rich. Traversing the seas, oceans, continents and circumventing the globe too many times to count, the world has been my playground, a privilege given to few, but certainly given to me for I've been subliminally chartered to give you some important information that was entrusted to me along the way. This book is gold, diamond, and platinum. It itself is a precious gem that if worn will reflect light in its facets that will illuminate your world, your children's world and the world of the family of man.

Born a Jew, confronted by Christians, curious about Muslims, fascinated by Hindus and respectful of Buddhists, I've learned that we are all the same. I know this to be true and if you come to know this too through the words on the pages of this book, then “I done did good.”

My sister told me that I am a diamond and that I blind people by the reflection of the light on my facets. "Temper the light," she said. I've failed miserably and continue to do so trying to express my love for humanity in my own way. What you see is what you get. I don’t have a television and so what teaches and touches most people doesn't touch or teach me. As a result, I don't know the vernacular or the script of the characters in the modern play.  I'm also a poor reader, historically scoring below the national average on those belligerent college entrance exams; so, I never found myself in the company of books. Miraculously, this impediment has kept me fresh, untouched by thoughts and sentiments of others. I've been called a non-conformist, but in reality life has kept me peripherally placed so that I could conform to the contours of life itself. You see, growing up, I was lonely. My childhood is a memory of friendlessness. To pass the endless excruciating emptiness, I wrote to an imaginary character, God, who over the years became my best friend. Conferring with him, he was always there for me; he was there when there were tears and when there were fears. And when there were moments of shear ecstasy, I could see him so present, too. Again and again, he reminded me of many things we've forgotten.

There is nothing in my books that hasn't been said, written and repeated time and time again.  There is no idea, concept or impression that hasn’t already been idealized, conceptualized and considered. There are no original thoughts and none of it belongs to me. So, I give you what you already have. So, I remind you what you may have forgotten.  And in this I will do something that matters.