Thanks for sharing the Nancy incident with us. We all have to be careful of the Nancys in our lives.

Keep up the good work Rene. Your life has inspired me a lot. It only reiterates the fact that we can move mountains if we have the will and all of us are endowed with that quality, though we may not be blessed with wealth and luxuries equally. Your life story is a testimony to that.

Kind regards,

Rammohan M. Rai
Doha, Qatar

Thank you for the “Nancy” comments. Yes, there are a lot of Nancys in the workplace, at home, and yes, in the church.

When you are doing something great, it attracts “opposition” and it comes from these Nancys. She aimed and fired a dart at you but thankfully your character and faith were strong enough to withstand this fiery dart.

You quenched by returning her meanness with a kindness and you kept stepping. I have found that I must simply put distance between myself and the people who mean me harm because due to their level of insecurity, they only speak those things which are designed to discourage or discredit me rather than edify me.

I must continue to love them but they may not be a part of my inner circle. Thanks for taking us along on your journey. Be strong in God.

And, you should be proud of you! Good job! Give your Mother applause from me as well… she did a fabulous and amazing job!

Rene, regarding Nancy. Isn’t Nancy a gift? She forces you to look deep within yourself and see the Nancy within yourself. Your terminology ”audacity” smacks of ego. Ego meaning you are separate from Nancy. I am surrounded by Nancy’s all the time we all are. They are precious people who need your love and acceptance. because they are you. They are the remnants of yourself that have not been purified yet. Nancys bring them to the surface to be dissolved and turned into light.

You see, Rene I am married to Nancy. Nancy has been the biggest ‘button pusher’of my existence, (now almost 60 years old) I do not like Nancy but its not about like or dislike its about purification and growth.

NANCY HELPS ME LOOK DEEP WITHIN and see the little bits of me that need loving. I believe that when you can entertain Nancy, allow the stuff to go straight through you like mist and then offer love to Nancy (the little vulnerable you that needs love) you immediately disarm Nancy and you purify that ego (separate self) and merge them into one with all that is.

Much love sir

Now this is really amazing! The question is, why did Nancy even mention that she called you Ed?

This is a good indication that she was doing everything she could to get my attention. I am wondering about this.

Maybe Nancy wanted to get my attention and she didn’t know a more civilized way to go about it.

That explains why suddenly she wanted to take a photo with me and get my phone number.

Many thanks Ed. I know you are a true professional and you would definitely handle Nancy appropriately. There’s a reason why you are so successful as a radio talk show host.

Come to think of it, you probably have encountered a situation like this before… if not many. You know how when you are at the top and others are always taking at stab at you.

Sounds familiar?

I appreciate your friendship my friend.

I have had so many Nancies in my life ;I cannot count them .Even at birth they wanted me to exit early.Yeah ! I have a tough skin and never let them destroy my dreams ;they cannot come too close because I can smell them a mile away.Ha! Ha!

I am sure that I will have a few encounters this week ;I have met them by the highways and byways.They are like spiders ; they spin webs around unsuspecting and innocent preys.

I am glad that you didn’t react ;I have learned to keep my cool around such poisonous spiders but this one is lucky that she didnt do it in my presence.

These demi-demons reek of jealousy and they eventually are sad and lonely folks who have very low self esteem anyway.I pity such people but the buck stop here; I don’t tolerate them.

Recently I met such a person ;he came all the way from Florida to visit my team just to wag his venomous tongue and tried for an hour to put us down in front of a few people who came to hear us and learn how to improve their lives as entrepreneurs.

Yesterday I had another one at my yahoo site ;he tried to mar my business page and called me a Nigerian con artist.I had a large group of folks who were e-mailing me and chatting with me and he could not handle my success.

I would not let him rain on my parade.I told him to stop harassing me and he was gone because I remembered that my best friend was a FBI agent and I told my foe to beware of my friend who could find something not too Kosher about him and his reputation.The dude ran and I never saw him again. LOL

You see I am as old as Methuselah ; just a female version of this ancestor.I never let the Nancy Pansies of this world near me for long; I strike back with a passion.I can imagine this person near my mom or child and I see red.

You are a cool person and I admire your reaction and composure ;this fiend would have met my wrath instantly.

I would have shown her the exit door instantly. Wow ! I don’t have your wisdom when it comes to things like that. You’re the master of diplomacy. God forgive me; you’re a saint but not I….

Blessings,

Lylia Petion Stevenson

Keep up the good work

Ed

Indeed, my mother is very proud of me. She just loves bragging about her son. I believe that I have given her a great gift the fact that I went on to be somebody.

But of course, she has given me a much bigger gift–the gift of life. Although things were tough for mama, she took care of three kids by herself.

Every child should strive to achieve greatness. It’s a feeling that gives every parent a lift. It’s even more powerful when the child gives his or her parents credit.

Thanks for your comment. Your point is right on target.

You did the right thing by sharing your book with Nancy…. however there is no guarantee she will read it… perhaps you could ask her to go to Haiti with you on a research project and ask her to interview the people she needs to meet.

People who will touch her in a way that will change her heart…. you cannot avoid her…. she made herself known to you for a reason only God knows…

She it there for you to touch her life and change her…. she came to you… not someone else… when she is touched personally, she will become your advocate…. your shining star… she is put in your life because she needs you… and you need her.

The easy ones to convince are not your goal…. it is the Nancy’s of the world who are begging to be seen and heard… change her negative energy into energy that can help your cause… let God work through you to reach her….

Cauleen