I find Brad’s temperament and disposition to be particularly uplifting. Any social creature who has lived past their first day on earth knows that joy and humor seem to be at odds with life itself. When I first met Brad I was awed with how he managed to maintain such a childlike and uplifting vibe – it was like, is he even having the same experience as everyone else? I am now even more enamored and impressed by Brad because I understand that he is in fact having the same earth experience as the rest of us, which includes trials and darker encounters, but he is who he is not because of it, but despite it.