NOTE: The following ‘miracle’ story happened over 40 years ago when I was a teacher in an inner city school that was over 95% Black. I believe the message from this story can help point the way to improving the existing confrontational and divisive world we are experiencing today. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading” ― Gautama [...]

How often has something happened and it’s only after some time has passed that you thought how you could have handled it better, or what would have been a perfect response to someone’s action or comment.

In 1976 Caralyn and I went out on a limb. We had been teachers in New York City, Caralyn for five years and me for 12 years. We decided that we wanted to create our lives in a different direction than we had been going. [...]