My major influencer in life as an author today, was facing adversity early on, as a child, through wanting to be compassionate to anyone and everyone. I would give everyone full attention, even if they had not done anything to earn my respect. In fact, even rude people who would ordinarily persaude even the strongest among us to walk away, I maintained a nice attitude toward. I tried to make them my friends, even if they continually hurt or abused me with their words or their actions. I was bullied and thought more...