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  • (Day 237) Writing This With Tears In My Eyes

    Jul 21, 2010 » 6 Comment

    blue-tears-eye-ballI received the following email from a friend. I thought you might find it interesting. (I changed her name and email address to provide her privacy)

    — On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Mary Lang <mlang@yippee.com> wrote:

    I’m writing this with tears in my eyes, I came down here to the United Kingdom for a short vacation, unfortunately i was mugged at the park of the hotel where i stayed, all cash, credit card and cell phone were stolen off me but luckily for me i still have my passports with me.

    I’ve been to the embassy and the Police here but they’re not helping issues at all and my return flight leaves in few hours from now but am having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won’t let me leave until i settle the bills.

    I’m freaked out at the moment.

    Mary Lang

    Click here to see the rest of the dialog [...]

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  • (Day 236) Some Of My Own Medicine

    Jul 20, 2010 » 2 Comment

    The other day I had my own trust lesson. I was just completing an interview with Kenny Moore, the best-selling author of The CEO and the Monk We were conducting our interview at the First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield in New Jersey. The  church was near his home and a friend of mine had arranged for me to use their facility. The church secretary Marlene and I agreed I could use the Pastor’s office for about 1 hour. The interview was one of the best I’ve ever done, and Kenny and I hit it off pretty well, but we ended up going over the time limit. Marlene came into the room and the above video shares our exchange. Thank you Marlene for keep me honest!

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  • (Day 235) Yoda and Bill Clinton Agree on Trust

    Jul 19, 2010 » No Comments
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  • (Day 234) Never Again

    Jul 18, 2010 » No Comments

    ANNE FRANKYesterday I visited the Florida Holocaust Museum. As I approached the entrance, I realized I had set myself up for a heavy experience. It was not going to be a relaxing Sunday afternoon, but that was alright with me. I have only 765 days left on the Trust Tour and this was a great opportunity to remind myself what happens when trust really goes wrong. There is no more dramatic example in human history of selfishness, hate and manipulation. If you have been alive for the last decade or more you probably know enough about the holocaust to fill a small book, so I don’t need to describe all those horrors. I will say however, yesterday I felt myself hit new levels of outrage and sadness.

    In my short visit, I started to identify some behaviors that are uncomfortably familiar and consistent with what happens in our society everyday. The only difference is the depth and the volume. It is not over, it is still happening today, just on a much smaller level. Below I listed the ones that likely contributed to horrible things we did to our fellow human beings during WWII.

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    Todd Welch
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  • (Day 232) Are You A Dolphin Or A Shark?

    Jul 16, 2010 » No Comments

    Above is a short video clip from Miami Seaquarium’s Robert Rose. He is speaking about the dolphins only natural predator, the shark. Sharks exhibit primitive behavior, focusing exclusively on survival. They are all about acquiring more for themselves, with little regard for anything or anyone else.  They have developed keen instincts to do just that, always at someone else’s expense. It is a egocentric view of the world, similar to humans…

    The dolphin, on the other hand, has more intelligent, playful, and social behaviors. They have learned to work together in pods. They use the collective intelligence of the team to eat, play and protect themselves. This same team protects them from sharks. They can out smart sharks collectively and have been known to ram the sharks with their noses, effectively clearing them out of their territory. It’s a community view of the world, similar to some humans…

    The cool thing about being a human being is we get to choose our behavior. Do have the ability to behave like a shark or dolphin. If you think about people, you know you can probably put them into one of these two categories.  We cannot control or change others behaviors, only our own, so I choose to be a dolphin. I choose it not only because it is right for me, but I believe our future depends on it. I can only hope enough people are making this same choice to keep us on the right track. That is why I am sharing this with you today, that is why I am on the Trust Tour and that is why I need your help.

    Todd Welch
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  • (Day 226) Stop The Killing

    Jul 10, 2010 » No Comments

    MCVEIGH PUBLIC EXECUTIONCNN’s headline today was, “Quran doesn’t call for stoning, experts insists.” Just the thought of stoning gives me the creeps. What could be more scary then being surrounded by your community, each person holding a stone in their hand. In the end you will be killed and no one person will be to blame, it will be a community execution. The crime committed in this situation was a young girl fell in love with the wrong man, apparently a married one.

    When I read the headline, it sounded so ridiculous. It might as well have said, “experts have found that  making human scarifies does not make it rain on our crops…”. You don’t need to be an expert to know that this is wrong,  you just need to be capable of breathing. If you are alive you know this is not right. You know it because it is built into your DNA, you feel it in your gut. By the way… talking about something being wrong.. where is the guy that participated with her? Why is he not also being stoned? It sounds like we may also need to add discrimination to the conversation. This is truly stone age thinking. [...]

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  • (Day 221) Opening and Closing Remarks for eVenture

    Jul 5, 2010 » No Comments
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