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The question I get most from people, other than - “What should I do with my life?” is, “Aren’t you afraid?” I thought about it and the two really are more related than you’d think at first glance. Of course I’m afraid. We all are. That’s how we’re designed. Fear keeps us alive. Without fear how would we be able to associate love, abandonment and being turned out of our tribe …

I recently learned I’m allergic to fish, shrimp, crab - but ONLY if it’s from a foreign country. I break out in head to toe hives and have severe respiratory problems. Seems that foreign fish is mostly from developing third world countries. Investigations show that the fish is raised in sewage, given massive antibiotics (to which I’m allergic) and often contains cancer causing drugs or toxins.
The homeless have little choice about what they can eat - and the rule is generally, “Don’t pass up a meal,” meaning, eat whatever …

Stories. We all love them. From early civilizations to now stories are how we pass on our history, our customs, our skills, our insights and wisdom and our legacies - who we are. If you learn how to tell a story and how to appreciate the stories of others I guarantee it will change your life.
Stories contain the nuggets of information, of wisdom, of insights from others that help inspire us, that help us lead better lives, that inspire us to be more of who we are. We tap those …

I blog about homelessness over at Change.org. And I’m not shy about expressing myself or my opinion. That of course brings a lot of criticism and negativity – particularly from those who like to be critical and negative, who enjoy being victims and who enjoy analyzing and criticizing everything I write simply because that is their nature.
So I caught myself tonight and realized I’d fallen back into the old trap of believing that negative people want to change, or that it’s my job to change them. They don’t really …