Life Lesson #1:

Be present.  Be there for people.  Show up.   The rest will follow and your offering will become apparent.

Life Lesson #2:

Remember how simple it is to do good.

Life Lesson #3:

Don’t underestimate that you have something to offer.  We have so much.

Life Lesson #4:

Many of us live in fear instead of living life.  We find reasons not to do things rather than reasons to do them, and we forget to challenge our boundaries and to engage in risk-management that doesn’t send us to the extremes.  Things are often scarier in theory than they are in real life.

Life Lesson #5:

Never underestimate your mother.

Life Lesson #6:

Remember to live in gratitude, for it is just luck that separates one human’s condition from another’s.

Life Lesson #7:

Don’t wait.  There is always a reason not to go, so remember, time is the enemy of life.  Live it while you can, and while you can, experience it with your kids, whatever their age.

Life Lesson #8:

The hidden message of safari is a reminder of the randomness of life.  We have so little control.   At that moment, we could only think to remind our children to make every minute count and to remember to be grateful for the green pastures in which we graze.