It's not easy to shake off the past, but it is the only way to move on to the future. A new year and a new life. But it has not gone where I had hoped it would, so I must find something more appropriate to do with my life. Therefore this will be my last column. But this is not a time to be glum.
Endings are but beginnings.
Shelley knew that for new leaves to be born, the tree had to be blown free of the old withered leaves by the West Wind. For me to find something new and exciting, I must shed the past, like a leaf in autumn. This theme is very much on my mind right now, not only for my professional career, and not only for my personal life which is also at a crossroads, but for our whole country. As the November election approaches and the political campaigns take shape, I realize that our country has the same opportunity which I am taking for myself. Ralph Nader's campaign has become energized.