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Stepping Out April 21, 2017 About a year ago a good number of friends were talking about a book called Love Does. The book contains many short stories that are actually a bit shocking. I think that they are shocking because too many of us live rather planned and predictable lives. We are afraid or a least, I am often afraid to live out the things that I should be passionate about. One of the stories that I found particularly encouraging was on failure. I think we need to put failure into perspective. Failure can lead to all kinds of…

November 7, 2016 The future will come. The question is whether or not we will be doing the kind of work we enjoy when it comes. I read a quote like this some years ago, and it has helped me keep things in perspective. In today’s world finding work that pays well and that you enjoy doing is not easy. While Tracy and I were in the US, we both settled for work that was less than ideal because we needed to take care of our cost of living. It didn’t bother us too much, as we knew that it…