A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.

