I’m at the point now where people send me lots of stories about other homeless people. It’s cool. People send Seth Godin stories about remarkable businesses and cool new products. They send Chris Guillebeau travel tips or news and stories about places they’ve traveled where he’s been. They send Elliott their travel horror stories. Me? I get pure inspiration. Because people send me stories about other homeless people who are down, or have been down and have gotten up, or gotten out, or are in that process. And that my …

Tonight I got an advance copy of TED magazine. I have written an article in it - and although the full copy of the magazine won’t be released until Sept. 21 in London at a special TED Salon, you can read the story I wrote here now! For those of you who got the full PDF earlier? MY BAD! I misunderstood about posting the whole thing. Please BUY a copy at the TED store. Sam and the frog crew did such an AWESOME job…it’s WELL worth the purchase! You …

That large white object is not the moon, although it could be. It’s a balloon - symbolizing letting go….it’s a beautiful post that is worth the read! So why this photo? Who is Seth Raphael?
Seth Raphael, “Magic Seth” to his blog readers, is now a married man! Congratulations! I met Seth at TED Global 2009 when we were both interviewed for a short video for the National Library Association. He also heard my talk about homelessness. In his blog post, “Letting Go,” and writes, in part:
“Before our grand event in …