Be forewarned. If you are expecting to get your lessons in living from celebrities, newsmakers and other persons of high places and positions, this book is not for you. The lessons in living you will find in this book will come to you from ordinary persons like most of us, but persons of exemplary qualities of character and commitment. These persons include a curandero, a young widowed mother, persons with disability, an old Cayo river boat captain, a milpero, and a teenaged Mayan girl.