Life-Changing Encounter

I got news recently that a friend is no longer limited by our human existence. He “earned his wings” as some would say.

A little more than 10 years ago I met a man who had logged more air miles than some pilots. He had frequented cultures he never mastered the language of, and changed lives here and there.

I was in a period where life was not just in a state of flux, but of “what just happened” even though a few years old. It was the kind of experience that understandably defeats many people.

I decided to stay focused, turn my attention from the people I lost to those I haven’t met. That happe...