I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.
Everything we do affects other people.
In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.
At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.
I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.
Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.