In the nearly 50-years I have lived on this planet, in this incarnation, I have been through my share of trying times and fearful situations. It started with the instability of my family situation during my early childhood years, i.e. things like loosing contact with half my family at age 5 due to a difficult divorce, being moved around from place to place and school to school, and having to look after myself while my mom worked and studied were all part of my norm. On top of