I am terrified of people like my father.

If you have read my memoir Born Again in America (A Nation Where Dreams Still Come True).

From the very beginning, the book's main idea is family, faith, and the pursuit of your own happiness. My father and my mother are the main characters. I describe my father as a dreamer. He was more than that. Now, seeing my own life and having my own child, I see that he was more than a dreamer. In a few words, I can describe my father as a man with a heart bigger than he was. He was short. I mention his stature not to diminish his values. His stature is remarkable because he often acted like a giant. I was not the only person who witnessed my father's ideas, tenacity, and values. My father did not believe in dictatorship on a small island like Cuba. He strongly believed in a place governed by the people, for the people; that was his ideal. What I love about my father is that he had strong beliefs; they cost him his life. But he did not change.

Why I bring up this biography about my father. Is simple. I am a Cuban American. I have read the Constitution; I have read the Bible; I went to college and pursued an Associate Degree in Art. With the little I know in my 45 years. I can write this: I am terrified of people like my father. They usually paid the price of being radical, free thinkers and unapologetically themselves. For some they way of viewing things is wrong and extremist. For others, they are the heroes of a thousand journeys and the ”Master of their own fate, the captain of their own soul. "- William E. Henley

When more and more free spirits, free thinkers, and loners become successful in any area, especially at LIFE. Some religions and political parties (government) are not very fond of them.

Sometimes, in some way, they used persecution and tried to sabotage their lives in some ways.

But history is full of great people like my father;

I have read many great books about people like my father who made a great impact on this world, to become the place that today some of us have the chance to enjoy.

Mory Carballo