I’m at Houston’s looking out onto St. Charles Avenue and sipping a glass of red wine.  I notice a handicapped person in a motorized wheelchair.  There are many, many handicapped people who are extraordinarily resilient beyond all boundaries.  Sadly, many are not genuinely appreciated or can gain employment on the level that they are more…

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I wrote this essay around a year ago.  I had just finished reading the manuscript of Martin Rutte’s new book.  He honored me by referring to How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth, the book I edited, to which he contributed an essay, and naming the ten elements.  But even more gratifying, his next-to-last quote was…

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I am high in the sky, sipping my Coke Zero and on my way to Orlando and a family Disney vacation.  My grandchildren will experience wonder and awe and I’ll have a stupendous time observing their childish delight. “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” said Albert Einstein.  The folks at Disney are masters of invoking…

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