I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

I don't sing lead - I am not the lead singer - but I do sing some stuff sometimes.