***** "Hello James. I met you briefly several years ago with my daughter on a field trip. While the other mothers raised an eyebrow at our desire to speak and learn from you; I........

"Hello James. I met you briefly several years ago with my daughter on a field trip. While the other mothers raised an eyebrow at our desire to speak and learn from you; I just wanted to take this moment to tell you that you have help shift my life and beliefs in the most positive and beautiful ways. Today I am thinking about you. Peace & Blessings."  My reply: "What a deeply kind and moving comment from you. I'm deeply appreciative of your note. If and when I find that the path I'm on is other than the one that the most enviable throughout history have walked, Jesus, Martin Luther King, Bonhoffer... I will say so and March in a different direction. until that happens, & I am certain that it will not, I will continue to march in the direction I am marching, & I will pray but others do the same for the infinite personal joy of it, and for the tiny ray of hope that it will be for the rest of creation."