......One evening, after one more national orange alert filled with warnings about travel, personal security, and living cautiously, I began thinking about all the young adults involved in The Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship that serve with courage throughout challenging places, both in developing nations and in American inner cities (see www.kristafoundation.org). It made me wonder if new generations of American children, raised with such constant messages of danger, will no longer engage life with such an adventuresome desire to travel, learn, and serve. Not able to sleep, I started thinking through the warnings and negative assumptions that Helga needed to examine as she journeyed across America and ended up writing up a few of the ideas that her experiences seem to illustrate. Sometimes when I'm speaking about Bold Spirit to audiences I present these, referring both to real travel opportunities, and the metaphoric journeys in life we all encounter. Many have asked for a copy, so it's included below: