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Often he had to pay street people to come in to get the total up to 10. This made no sense to Henry, so he grew up drifting further and further away from caring about Judaism, or even the Jewish traditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His youth was spent helping his mom work the butcher shop,&nbsp;&nbsp;playing sports and doing his best in school. Dad went on to put himself through college, Cornell, and onto veterinary school at Michigan State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dad met mom at his summer job waiting tables in the resorts of the Catskills. Mom was doing secretarial work in Manhattan at the time. She came up to the Catskills for vacation with her friends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After marrying and graduating school, Dad got a job in the English colony, Bahamas, working as the island\u2019s vet. Clients included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, their aristocratic community, and&nbsp;the native population of the island. 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His story is that traditional American dream of a self-made man who overcame all obstacles with vision, discipline, commitment, and \u201celbow grease.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cJewish\u201d experience he had as a kid led him to embrace a philosophy that his life is best served by being identified only through his thoughts, words, and actions rather than external labels. Hence Burns not Bernstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hank brought the family to the Bay Area, the family had no religion. We assimilated into the cultural traditions of the community, and, even though many of Mom and Dad\u2019s friends over the decades were Jewish, none of them ever knew my folks came from Orthodox Jewish families. We children were free to explore, experiment, choose, adopt whatever path we found for ourselves. 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I\u2019ve been on hold for a few years from stretching and taking on new adventures, due to the pandemic and my wife Patty\u2019s bout with cancer and chemo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I very likely will move on from this current plateau to ascend other mountains in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ha Shem willing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/burnsie-fam.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25942\" width=\"576\" height=\"448\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Dad, Mom, lil sis, big sis and youngest son. And then there&#8217;s me.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael BurnsMDI Contributor Dr. H.C. 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