Many scientists believe we have but one innate fear at birth – FEAR OF FALLING. Everything else is learned. Is there truth to the notion that fear is a choice? A weakness? That we need to “man up.” I’m a pretty fearless guy. But I’ve always been and remain terrified of sheer heights. I’m even afraid when someone else is near the edge. Once, on a seaside cliff on Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, I sat with a group of surf pals ten feet from the ledge, my back pressed firmly agai

The heavy-around-the-middle cop shut the front door behind himself, took a notepad from his shirt pocket and flipped it open. His gaze fell on me, crossed legged on the floor in tube socks, sneakers, a puffy little fro and a mouthful of silver braces. “I’m looking for these three people. Have any of you seen them?” he asked us. The third name was mine. The living room full of underage cigarette smokers, truants and long-hairs fell silent but for a ping-pong ball that bounced

The purest thought you’ll hear all day from my friend’s 5 yr old daughter, Sula. “Sweet Sula – during our nighttime snuggle, she asked if she could listen to my heart. She put her ear to my chest and then said joyfully, “I hear Harley.” She listened to my heart again and said, “I hear GrandMyron.” On the next listen, she said, “I hear GrandMary” whom she never met in this life. Then as I left her room, she said, “Mommy, when you talk to Harley in your heart tell him I love hi