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My Father Was Really Good With Math. It's A Funny Thing, I Don't Remember My Father Or My Mother Being So Mechanical-minded. My Father Always Wanted To Be A Doctor, But He Came From A Really Poor Family In Georgia, And There Was No Way He Was Going To Be A Doctor.

I Feel A Lot More Secure About The Directions I Take, Than I Might Have, Had I Not Practiced Buddhism.

I Have To Care And I Have To Be Honest And Have The Courage To Be Vulnerable. If That Happens, Then That's The Best I Can Do. To Just Be A Puppet For The Audience Is Not Very Courageous. Just To Do Whatever They Say They Want - Because A Lot Of Times People Will Hear Something New That They Hadn't Heard Before And Get Turned On By A New Experience And Will Want To Hear More Of That.

Being Vulnerable Is Allowing Yourself To Trust. That's Hard For A Lot Of People To Do. They Feel A Lot More Secure If They Kind Of Put Walls Around Themselves. Then They Don't Have To Trust Anybody But Themselves. But To Allow You To Trust Not Only Yourself But Trust Others Means - Is What's Required To Be Vulnerable, And To Have That Kind Of Trust Takes Courage.

I Hope To Use Dialogue And Culture As A Means Of Bringing People Of Various Cultures Together, And Using That As A Way To Resolve Conflict.