Man did not make this world.Man cannot break this world. When life hands you lemons, you paint that shit gold. Manyresidents of the United States who traveled outside theirborders for a vacation against racial, socio-political, andeconomic violence in 2020 brought gold spray paint, glitter, confetti, and ribbons with which to bedazzle their lemons.Africa called me, I answered.On my own journey, I turned towards the unknown, whichmeant either adventure and excitement or disaster andconsequence.So, faced with a dilemma, I solved the riddle. I decidedevery day would be adventure and excitement. Any disaster orconsequence would become an opportunity to learn from whatlife decided to show me.And once I made up my mind on this, the four-year reign ofterror in my life otherwise known as writer's block finallylifted and allowed me passage.We humans are social creatures, not islands. Even theloners and introverts cannot survive inside a vacuum withtheir sanity intact.The world is a better place when we live and thrive inharmony. Thank you to those who made my world a betterplace to live.