Final thoughts

In the preface, I said that you would not get all the answers here, but you’d get yourself off to a good start. I hope you feel that this promise has been fulfilled.

You perhaps did not agree with everything you read here, which is fine. I am not dealing out dogma. You may pick and choose whatever hits home with you. You can reject whatever seems off-target, and find something else to replace it.

There is certainly much more to be said on all of these subjects. Every page here could become an entire book – and such books mostly already exist. If something intrigues you, or if you are unconvinced, find out what other people have to say on these subjects. Read. Talk with people you know and whose opinions you value. Think seriously.

This is a beginning, or perhaps a middle step, not an end. But it is a step in a process that can lead you to a good, moral, meaningful, and satisfying life. The next steps are yours.

The decisions you make in these matters will change your life.

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