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After my real estate investment had fallen to 20% of the purchase price, I had all of my worldly possessions attached by a predatorial collection agency headquartered in Anchorage Alaska. I had to borrow money from the in-laws to keep from having my home and property auctioned off. Then, because the economy was down, I had to get a job in another state and leave my family. I was only to see them for visits of 4 days every month for three years. On one of those monthly flights home, I sat next to a person who was going overseas to seek the truths about longevity. He was researching historical leaders such as Moses who lived to be hundreds of years old.  He hadn't been very talkative. I had been doing most of the talking. I had been lamenting about all of my troubles. I told him how I hated the bankers that had lied to me and the court system that had denied me the right to sue my enemies for fraud. He listened patiently for a considerable while and then spoke. He said he felt obligated to tell me what he knew because, he thought the information that he had in his procession would cheer me up. He said time passes. Old age will fell your enemies. If you make an effort to turn the other cheek, and live a happy life, you will be rewarded with a long and happy life. If you trouble your enemies, you will degrade and shorten your own life. It is best, he said, to take the first road. He said one day I would reflect on my past and suddenly realize that all my enemies had died young after living lives devoid of meaning... We kept in touch with letters for a few years. Then, he made a momumental find. I went to visit him at the sites of some of his discoveries. Some of what I learned, I share with you on this site.
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