The strangers and I began with light conversation, but it quickly became much deeper as I asked questions and they revealed more about what they were going through. The conversation felt effortless as each question and response gently probed deeper until it was clear they had gone as far as they were comfortable.

I spent the next ten years healing everything in me that might obstruct my mission to create a life I loved. Patterns, stories, life circumstances, family dynamics, relationships, and life, good and bad, all served as teachers of lessons I needed to hear and learn.

What if I applied this new mantra of doing the thing that brought joy to all the possibilities for our trip and a book tour?