I was often guided by the good counsel of George Washington Carver, the African-American author who was born into slavery and later became a leading scientist, botanist, and educator. He said, “Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also—if you love them enough.”
