If, as philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote, you feel your life is one of “quiet desperation”, you’ll get something from this video. It’s the story of my son Robert, and his quest to forge a life for himself beyond the usual, and beyond the quiet desperation that seems to be the default experience of many.
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