I have been a bit ambivalent about ‘Christmas Letters’. They seem to
have caught on and now I get a few dozen long ones each year. I
appreciate the time that goes into writing them and I am glad to get
some sense of what is happening in the lives of far-away friends. I got a holiday letter from Gary, a good friend and a great consultant
who lives in an ashram in India and who commutes to the home base for
his business in Singapore. What I thought was cool was that he
recounted what he’s learned this year, what he is grateful for and his
blessing for next year. It got me thinking about what I’ve learned in
2007, and I thought it might be a good idea to share them here. [
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Well, it happened again. I was mugged and robbed on the street in
Buenos Aires—this time at 7:45 in the morning while walking on a major
thoroughfare. I am normally pretty vigilant at night. This time, I
stopped to window shop and before I knew it I was on the ground and the
guy had pulled my wallet from my front pocket. I instinctively tried to
kick him from the ground as he leaped over me and started running down
Avenida Florida, which is a wide pedestrian boulevard. The next thing I
know I am sprinting after him shouting “PARED, PARED, PARED” which
means "STOP!".[
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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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