WHY?

I suppose that each of us confronts this question at least once in his life. Maybe I should have asked this of myself years before, but finally I'm asking: why am I here? What is my purpose in this life?


I don't possess gifts beyond the normal person. I don't have special gifts, nor do I have gifts in super-quantities. So I need to ask what gifts do I have that could be of value?

I'm an old man with less in front of me than behind. Just because I lack the piss, vinegar and hormones of a young man, does not mean that I lack the emotion. My emotions are still strong; all of the feelings of a young man, but lacking his strength and energy. One of natures crueler tricks.

Age, smoking and enlarged prostate have taken their toll. I cannot promise the love of a young man, but I can promise that of an old man. Slow hot glowing embers rather than a blazing fire. My ability to love has not diminished. If anything, it has increased. Negative emotions hate, anger, envy have faded almost totally.

I have a lifetime of experience waiting to be imparted -- specific and general -- and the desire to impart them. I no longer seek to climb the highest mountains, but rather to assist those who wish to do so. My dreams? I have achieved most; abandoned a few. I wish, instead, to help those who still strive.

Healthcare Free Market Style

Seems to me that creating a free market healthcare law is not as difficult as it's made out to be. Government's role is to create conditions for this to occur.

First,  a law that allows people to be responsible for providing their own health insurance.

Second, pass a law that allows and requires insurance companies to sell health insurance across state lines. The object here is to increase competition thereby lowering the cost of insurance to the consumer.

Third, laws to provide for people who still cannot afford the insurance.

Fourth, allow for health savings accounts for everyone.

Fifth, tort reform to deal with high prices of legal protection for doctors and hospitals. Included in here should be stipulations for lodging frivolous suits. For example, heavy fines to lawyers who bring frivolous suits.

What have I missed? Have I oversimplified?