After retirement, with time on my hands, I decided to sit down and put in print the thoughts that came my way from one reading and another. Then I ran into some heart surgery-five bypasses-and the question "Why? Why did this happen to me?"

So after that life-saving experience-in those days, when I seemed to be living beyond when I should have perhaps died-I took what I have learned in the past and reflected in that history on what I read in the present, hoping that I can speak to someone in a future time about a future time, about all the possibilities that stand before them as they stood before me. Then it will be their turn-or maybe your turn-to reflect on your life and perhaps share some words with others about their future.