me a stuffed chimpanzee for my birthday and i made him hold the tail. chimps don't have tails, gary. he said never mind. take him where you go and know my spirit is with you so he is my symbol for the indominable spirit, the people i meet who tackle what seems impossible and don't give up. nelson mandela emerged from 17 years of hard, physical labor and had the amazing ability to forgive so that with the clerk he could, you know, end the evil regime of apartheid. all around us, there are people tackling personal, environmental or whatever, big ones or small ones. and either succeeding or inspiring other people to join them in the battle. and i think the most important thing, every single one of us,