Good question! First I decided once I left the JUU's that I could change the world by engaging in local and regional politics. After a few years it became obvious that this was a waste if time and that political leaders engender more harm than good all in the name of "service". I married and began working in a variety of projects, most to do with helping disadvantaged kids and mentally handicapped. We adopted a minority child, which, interestingly, has become a life-long project as we are now raising the offspring of said adopted child. We have become very active in our religion and even spent four years as volunteers in Israel doing volunteer work for it. Beyond that, I have always been civically active working on Chambers of Commerce and in the schools our kids have attended. In addition to all the above, we donate to the Heifer Project and track the results of our donations. To date we have provided eight villages in South America with female goats that are now in their fourth generation. Who knows what good that has done, but we have faith that something good is coming of it.
carmel