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To: jbe who wrote (85989)	8/21/2000 10:56:44 PM
From: Frederick Smart	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Risk..... >>>>How does driving alone into the heart of East St. Louis at 2 am strike you? Buying chicken for four kids with total strangers at PopEyes?>>>> Don't know about Steven, but neither example strikes me as being much of anything. They certainly are not illustrative of bold risk-taking. If you see something remarkable in such examples, I would tend to think you have never been threatened by any real danger. Of course, people who have never faced danger are perhaps more likely to do something really foolishly rash. jbe: I'm not writing to win some risk prize. I'm sharing this to make a simple point. Maybe it would mean more if you were aware that in last five months there have been five women who have been killed in the neighborhood where I was spending time. The fellow I am working with wanted to organize a street rally with local churches, but got few takers do to the fear. Before you go judging risks that others take, weigh the value of the one you take for others in your life. I believe that a good life is one that risks time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return. And I'm not talking about some organized thing run through your local nonprofit. I'm talking about personal risks involving personal contacts which help others expand their networks, etc. A lot of what I do is part of a simple personal ministry of service which I believe everyone is capable to growing each day. If we aren't helping and serving others, then what are we doing with our lives? Forget about work. Work is no excuse for not helping and serving others. I don't buy into the need to work and make a living first. If you put service to others above everything else work becomes and learning experience of play and adventure and life becomes so much more meaningful and rewarding. And please don't go pulling the personal defensive governor on me by saying by writing this I am "assuming" others on this board do not help and serve others. I just think the world needs to hear more positive stuff about personal stories of risk and service. The more individuals become empowered to take responsibility for the power we all possess to change the world for the better the more TV, cable, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Survivor will be threatened. Our lives should be far more exciting than any TV show. Just my humble opinion. Peace. .