Bringing the world closer

ABOUT THIS SITE

HUMANITY AND CONNECTING

How do you bring the world closer? You seek to know someone. Find out about them--their past, where they are from, what they have been through. When you genuinely desire to do this, they will want to do the same with you. Sometimes you connect by making another person smile. I find that people who have been through things that involve difficulty and suffering will always teach you more than you can teach them. Lastly, when you really connect with someone, what you should find out is that you are both equals. Your differences often are really only in the opportunities that you have been given or in superficial unimportant things. The things that really matter are the same to everyone. Don't you think so?

This is the Mekong River in Cambodia. Sometimes you have to go far to connect.

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The Southeast Asia Connection

When I turned 50 in 2016, I went to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and other parts of Southeast Asia. I desired to find out how countries devastated by war and genocide could come back. How did they move forward? Forgive? Get past hatred? What would they teach me? What would I bring back? What would I leave behind? It is this trip in particular that is the basis for BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER. See the other pages of this website for videos, a photo book, and a profound essay.

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Could this photo really connect the world? Yes.

Before I left for Southeast Asia I knew I would leave this photo behind. Why? Because it makes you smile and smiles make friends. There are 195 countries in the world and 6,500 spoken languages. No matter what country or what language, the bark of a dog is the same in all. So, doesn't this photo BRING THE WORLD CLOSER?
This is Oliver, our puppy. His AKC name is Lacewing Oliver ALL OVER MY HEART.
Isn't he all over YOURS? Please check Ollie's first book here:
www.oliverallovermyheart.com