On Tuesday I went to the forum that Bob Harris spoke at. I thought that it was very interesting. First he talked about how everyone and everything in the world isn't as scary as the news portrays it to be. He talked about how everyone he encountered on his travels treated him like an old friend, and even when he was in the bad parts of a city someone was there too help him. Then he talked about his old job, working for Forbes and being able to stay in the most expensive hotels in the world. He thought that he shouldn't have this opportunity when the people in the city that the hotels are in are very poor but hard working. He wanted to help them out but he didn't know how. Then he heard about a website called Kiva, where you can give a $25 loan to someone who is struggling to start up their business somewhere in a poorer country. He started giving out loans and then visiting the people he gave the loans too to see how they were doing. Almost all of the people he gave loans too were getting out of their struggle and starting to make a profit that they could live on. I really enjoyed hearing about his outlook on life and the people around the world. Its true that the news makes the world seem like such a scary place to be in, but in reality its not as bad as we think.