Frank, we weren’t meant to sit around. Piece of advice: How old are you? My Dad, who was a partner in a successful photo-finishing business here, had to retire at 65. All he ever did was work and put his energy into his business. They moved to Florida, whereupon a year and a half later he suffered a massive stroke. Naturally, the stroke was not solely caused by just stopping the work, but, I know for a fact that stress is a contributing factor to most of our disorders that we develop. Besides, interacting with others is just plain more fun. It simply ain’t healthy for men to think about manifesting their talents. My former boss was a fabulous internist, got burned out, retired some years ago, and what does he do now? To the club, play golf, go to the card table, then to the backgammon. And, guess what? He is having TIAs regularly.

Frank, it is obvious there is a group of us who would like to say a great deal more privately to you than we are willing to publicly. Rarely, in my own life have I found someone that combines the attributes, the sheer level of intelligence, and so much more that I could list. I don’t like cliches, Frank, but you happen to be - man or woman - one in a million. You probably are ready about now to jump out of your skin as you, too, know it. For you, there never should be the word “retirement” associated with your name. You know that song “I’ve only just begun” — well, if it suits anyone, it suits you. We don’t have to worry about belief in yourself, thank God, as that is so obvious in the variety and intensity at times of your writings. Most people are limited in the number of directions he or she can go toward. That is fact. Not you. Frankly, I find that in circumstances like this, it is far better to talk - brainstorm perhaps - these directions out with a person or persons who have gone the course - and this is the key word - successfully. I find it is no good at all to tell a person to get out there and do something. It can almost pull them into the solace of bed and sleep — and little good comes of that. New directions, new challenges, changes that may amount to a greatness you will not be able to believe are going to be yours, if I were to guess. And frankly, I rarely am wrong. Just a sense I have. In your weeks and months on WOW, you have been able to open windows in the mind for hundreds of people who have been severely hampered by not having a Frank in front of them to converse with. You have been a force here in educating people, making them think as they have not done in years. But this downtime - respite - whatever you want to call it -has only proven to you that you need - for the world and for you - that you have the ability and nature (and how good is THAT!!) and outgoing personality that tells me (us) that you are wasted in boxing the things that make you Frank. You don’t know me, but by now I hope you trust me somewhat. You are just in flux for now. You have tested the waters with us in a most unusual way and come up so far on top that it should give you pause. I am for a new direction, never settling for something that does not set you off on that yellow brick road that so often does not point the path until later in life when you have the wisdom and self-belief to take that shining new road. It is there, waiting for Frank — and you know that the only way that you can begin life’s new course is to get out there and talk - talk a lot - to others that will help in the choices and the final direction. Don’t settle, Frank — YOU don’t have to, you lucky man. If things go as I believe they will, you will end up picking and choosing your direction. But whatever, remember to NOT forget us!!!