I Like To Be Who I Am.

I Developed A Resistance To Authority. Not To Discipline - I Learned That. But To Authority. I Like To Think For Myself. And I Like To Cause Trouble.

This Is A Deep And Personal Topic In Our Society Today. Read The Papers. America Is Hurting Because Of It. For God's Sake, Speak Up. Don't We Need To Learn Respect For People's Feelings? What Is Going To School For? To Learn How To Add?

If We Want To Understand The Actions Of A Man In The Early 1860's, Put Yourself Back There In His Shoes. As A Young Man He Began Piloting Steamboats On The Mississippi, A Job He Loved And Wanted To Do The Rest Of His Life, He Said. The Civil War Ended Traffic On The River And His Job. He Wrote About It In A History Of A Campaign That Failed. He Said: "i Joined The Confederacy, Served For Two Weeks, Deserted, And The Confederacy Fell." His Attachment To The Southern Ideal Of Slavery Does Not Appear Very Sturdy.

Man Looks In The Abyss, There's Nothing Staring Back At Him. At That Moment, Man Finds His Character. And That Is What Keeps Him Out Of The Abyss.

Success Is No Longer Content. It's How It Sells.