I Was The Only Black Person On

But My Dad Also Was A Remarkable Man, A Good Person, A Principled Individual, A Man Of Integrity.

So Much Of Life, It Seems To Me, Is Determined By Pure Randomness.

I Find Myself, At This Time In My Life, No Less Challenged, No Less Plagued, No Less Intrigued By What I Still Don't Know.

I Had To Satisfy The Action Fans, The Romantic Fans, The Intellectual Fans. It Was A Terrific Burden.

Of All My Father's Teachings, The Most Enduring Was The One About The True Measure Of A Man. That True Measure Was How Well He Provided For His Children, And It Stuck With Me As If It Were Etched In My Brain.