Visits Greater Liberty
Box 442 Liberty, MO 64069 816-803-8371 hatebuster@aol.com
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If I don’t ride, I can’t walk. If I do, I can run. So I ride. A lot! More than 150,000 miles. And counting. But I need a reason to ride bigger than my personal health. For years at my college I taught my students how to like people who are not like them, folks of other races and religions, other cultures and creeds. My daughter now teaches at my college. I’m there now and then, making guest appearances here and there. But I’m free of responsibility. Free to ride.
My college is in a town called Liberty. I love our town. I’ve ventured far from home in years past but wish now to be nearer home. I can ride my bike about 125 miles on my best days, so I drew a circle around Liberty going out 125 miles in all directions. I call this place Greater Liberty: up north to Creston, Iowa; down south to Carthage, Missouri; out west to Manhattan, Kansas, over east to Columbia, Missouri and including a small part of Nebraska.
My dream now is to visit each of the 104 county-seat towns in Greater Liberty. I want to drive there in my bright red PT Cruiser. I call it the HateBuster Mobile, license # H8BSTR. I will bring my bicycle, park on the town square, and go for a ride a few miles from town in all directions, greeting everyone I see.
One summer I rode my bicycle, alone and without money, from Orlando to Seattle to Los Angeles—from Disney World to Disneyland. I found goodness and genius in every person I met and every place I went. I was inspired and encouraged. I have since ridden my bike in more distant places: Australia, Africa, Canada, China, England, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand.
Now in Greater Liberty I want to ride. To the 104 county-seat towns named on the jersey I wear. I want to meet folks. I long to be invited to speak to civic clubs, schools, faith communities, businesses. Amazing things have happened to me on my bike. I have stories to tell.
Invite me and I will come. The only payment I ask is your wish to hear me.
Great Things I Know
Money is never the problem
The power of instant response
The power of the unexpected
To practice Audacious Asking
I can’t say no
The liberation of total dependence
Nothing is ever just coincidence
To go with first impressions
People and places are not to be compared
The need for roots
The need for wings
How blessed I am
I am my own doctor
I must be brave
I look for Dulcinea
Stories To Tell
A Cross Is Burned in Our Town
A Klansman is elected
Alone and without money across America
High Noon Showdown with Midnight Hate
How To Like People Who Are not Like You
My Chinese Name
The Human Family Reunion
The Porcelain-Nitro People
The Power of Forgiveness
The White House Hate Crimes Conference
These Guys Are Nuts
When Your Community Calls You A Hero
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