[quote=scaredyclassic]One thing about me, I have always felt incredibly insecure about my place in the world at least for the first 40 odd years. . Not sure it worked to my benefit.[/quote]

scaredy, I know some days it doesn’t seem like it, but you ARE making a difference in the world! Watch this inspiring, 23 min TED talk by Bryan Stevenson, which took place in Long Beach, CA in 2012. The live audience was so moved by his talk that he actually (inadvertently) raised ~$1M for his causes AFTER HE LEFT the auditorium (due to a prior engagement):

http://www.ted.com/speakers/bryan_stevenson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson

He discusses the same issues you brought up in your thread below … as well as other threads:

http://piggington.com/ot_wait_cops_actually_lie

Stevenson was interviewed on 60 Minutes last night.

edit: here’s a u-tube version of his TED talk:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrTccJy1zVVfWcAqGonnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB0c2puYm1xBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1lIUzAwM18x?p=youtube+AND+bryan+stevenson&tnr=21&vid=52F9CF087C8BF6D1C8D552F9CF087C8BF6D1C8D5&l=1422&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.ZwhZEBJEfPc2YpuuWOy06Q%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11v5f1ti7&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dc2tOp7OxyQ8&sigr=11bg51fsl&tt=b&tit=Bryan+Stevenson%3A+We+need+to+talk+about+an+injustice&sigt=11jdleqp8&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dutube%2BAND%2Bbryan%2Bstevenson%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002&sigb=13o4n0fqe&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002