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Goliath, the flower seller

As originally posted on LinkedIn on July 5, 2016. Ivan Del Valle is the author of "The Ring Of The Witch: The Curse Of Apollo". Learn more about the book at ' https://www.sevenheartspublishing.com/featured-book  '. Goliath, the flower seller “Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”   - Malcolm Gladwell, on his book: "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants". I always wanted to start one of my writings with the following disclaimer... "This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental." This article was the perfect one for using it for the first time... Goliath went late to bed that night. He was tired after having a tough day full of memories from the past. He turned on

Four weeks in Lyon, France

As originally posted on LinkedIn on July 11, 2016. Ivan Del Valle is the author of "The Ring Of The Witch: The Curse Of Apollo". Learn more about the book at ' https://www.sevenheartspublishing.com/featured-book  '. Four weeks in Lyon, France Years ago... Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)... "Excusez-moi monsieur. Vous ne pouvez pas être là . Vous avez besoin de se déplacer ."... I looked at her and said to myself... Lucky me! She should have found the piece of luggage I lost! I had so many important things there! I am so lucky!! Suddenly, she raised the tone of her voice... "Monsieur. Vous ne pouvez pas être là . Déplacer! Déplacer!" I gave her my smile #6 (one of my best) and said: "Sorry... I don't speak French. Do you speak English?" She replied... "Yes, sir. You can't be there. You need to move. Now."...It took me like three seconds to respond... "Oh!... Sure!... I'll move my ### right away!" - and that

Candy, this one is for you

As originally posted on LinkedIn on July 18, 2016. Ivan Del Valle is the author of "The Ring Of The Witch: The Curse Of Apollo". Learn more about the book at ' https://www.sevenheartspublishing.com/featured-book  '. Candy, this one is for you True story... Late January, 2016... Downtown Charleston, South Carolina... 6:30 PM (Walking nervously) I think she's following me... There she is again... I bet it's more than just her... I better move fast, and get out of here... Move fast, Ivan... Come'on. Move faster... Keep your eyes wide open... You are getting close to the exit door... Ok, I can't see her now. Good. Let me speed up... Faster... I'll take a left on that aisle, and that will be it... Faster, Ivan... Get out of here... Almost there... Almost there... "OH, GOSH!!!" (yelling while stopping abruptly and losing balance) "Sorry! I almost tackled you! Are you ok??" And when I raised my head, there she was... Just rig

The red pill, or the blue one?

As originally posted on LinkedIn on July 25, 2016. Ivan Del Valle is the author of "The Ring Of The Witch: The Curse Of Apollo". Learn more about the book at ' https://www.sevenheartspublishing.com/featured-book  '. The red pill, or the blue one? The Oracle:   I know what you are thinking, Neo. That this article is about geeky, boring stuff. Neo:   No. I wasn't thinking about that... The Oracle:   Oh... Really?This is very uncomfortable... Neo:   Yes, it is. The Oracle:   Would you like a cookie? Neo:   No. The Oracle:   I think you should go. Neo:   Me too [And Neo left in silence.] The Wachowski brothers should have felt chills down their spines right now without knowing why... Needless to say, that dialogue was not part of the script of the 1999 movie hit, "The Matrix". The movie is the first install of a trilogy that feature a story about rebels that fight a desperate war against machine overlords who have enslaved humanity in an extre