Ivana, Thank you for your response, and I apologzie for the delay in responding. It's one of the many things I love about Medium - the reader-writer and writer-rader exchange. I am so glad you liked the story. It took a thirty year break for me to catch up with it. I think, and I'm echoing many writers here, like Thoreau and Emerson, and even prophets like Buddha and Jesus, or for that that matter, Elsa from Frozen, that one needs to retire from society to see the truth of things - because society wants conformity and not individualism - and, once restored, we can return to society to try to change. I love your insight into my story. Again, thank you for reading! Your response made my proverbial day - and it encourages me to write even more. Cheers, Walter