When You're Scared, You're Still Hanging On

Firemen Don't Talk About Whether A Burning Warehouse Is Worth Saving.

There's No Reason To Do Anything Twice, And Certainly No Reason To Do Something That Almost Killed You.

Ironically, Though Our Society Of Affluence Brings Safety And Stability, It Doesn't Bring Psychological Health. As Wealth Goes Up, Suicide And Depression Rates Tend To Go Up. I Read One Study That Compared Women In North America With Women In Nigeria, And The Group With The Highest Rates Of Depression Was Urban North American Women, Which Is The Wealthiest. Now, There Are Obviously Huge Stresses That Come With Poverty, But The Poorer The Society, The More Collaborative People Have To Be.

My Wife, Daniela, And I Live In An Old House From 1810 With Three Fireplaces At The End Of A Dead-end Dirt Road On Cape Cod, So I Turn The Trees Into Firewood For Us And A Friend Of Mine Sells The Rest.

War Is A Lot Of Things And It's Useless To Pretend That Exciting Isn't One Of Them. (pg. 144)