“What other people think about me is not my business.”

– Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, author and activist

“So, what would you do?”

He stared at me for a moment. “If I weren’t afraid?”

“If you weren’t afraid of what other people might think.”

“I would pack up everything and leave,” he said. “I’d buy a little piece of land in the middle of nowhere and grow organic vegetables. Maybe I’d plant some fruit trees. I’d live simply and pretty much be off the grid – you know, just the basics and not much else.”

I was talking to a friend about dreams and desires – the things he’s most like to do if he could do them free of critici...

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