Tough times require extra inspiration. Check out this issue of Phoenix Magazine to read my profile of Morris Callaman. This is what writing is all about. Morris was homeless as a teen ager, simply because it was his best option. Google him today and you'll find out he made it in style. Goes to show obstacles can be overcome, whatever you are facing, there is a way forward. If you don't get Phoenix Magazine, you can read the profile here in it's unedited purity, such as it is . . . http://rrwriting.com/project/2009/06/a-life-redeemed.
Recent conversations with clients and colleagues have revealed a troubling downturn in people’s perceived value of themselves. I understand what has happened to the real estate values in Arizona—they were never really there. Unregulated mortgage insurance instruments allowed lenders to give mortgages to many borrowers without concern if they could actually pay them. Then boom, the bottom fell out. But what has happened to the human value?
The greatest invention of the twentieth century is clearly air conditioning. But I would have never even known this had I not become an Arizonan. I would still be back East somewhere, overly impressed by nuclear power or the Internet or some such gadget, like the rest of 'em. The Internet, in case you’re wondering, requires A/C to keep its cool. So let’s don’t get the cart stuck in front of the horse, shall we.
