If I were really honest with you, I’d have to confess that I hate asking for help.  I’m serious.  I’m not a good receiver, and asking others for help has always been really hard on my pride.  You see, my personal life has always paralleled my vocation.  I’m an illusionist, and I have a tendency to live an illusion.  I’ve struggled my entire life with maintaining and managing perceptions, doing my best to control and manipulate how others perceive me.  If you’re good at that, it’s pretty simple to fake it, and leave others with whatever impression you want that person to have of you…humble, nice, kind, or even wealthy, popular, or successful.  Let’s just say that traits like authenticity, and transparency, have never been strengths for me.  Until…   READ ALL