That’s what my mom used to say to me and my brothers when we were little boys and would complain about the snakes around our African house.

I still don’t think she was right about the cobras we complained about. But with regard to other people: she’s dead on.

Other people really are more scared of you than you are of them.

In a world in which everyone is waiting to react to everyone else, the one who chooses to go first and act will fundamentally change the status quo and thereby open up new possibilities to walk into.

In the episode with Jesus and the woman at the well, it starts with just a simple (and shocking) question:

“Can I have a drink of water?”