Making the world a peaceful place, not a war-torn zone.

It can be scary when people turn to you for advice if you truly care.

This is probably one of the shortest poems you will ever see from me. I’m usually known to ramble and rant.

Leaving a legacy of good works and kindness toward your fellow man.

What we see, what we feel and what we’ve done.

Tolerance.

When I was eleven, a girl of my own age, Betty Jean Necessary, was tragically murdered while walking in the woods. I was so traumatized that I no longer indulged in my favorite pastime of exploring without great fear. Years later, I decided it was time to broaden the size of my back porch. I drove to parks and other places of interests. Following my instincts and inner wisdom, not only did I feel safe, I found that each aspect of nature had a wonderful story to share.

Cultivate Proper values: This builds desirable content for your character.

This took place in the summer of 2008.

In addition to the “Golden Rule”, the following would help make this world a little bit easier to live in if we all tried to do them.