Many times in life we just have to take those chances…not to be an outlaw mind you, but open up yourself to taking chances.  Some times they work out and other times you realize you’ve just “invested” time with the pure scoundrels.  And then when you ignore the gut, the inner voice, the TRUE that is you, we enter worlds into which we can only hope to learn.  Well, maybe all experiences don’t provide for pain or lesson learning.

The beauty is that down the road the paths are connected in the strangest of ways.  Like Oprah says it can be an “Aha” moment or one that stays deeper, and longer than just a momentarily “aha”.  It is life changing IF you recognize or want it to be.

So as it is that I reflect over some of my stories, I know now, that in the most challenging of the ones that are now illuminating, for all of us, they can be the most rewarding.

HOW did I get THERE from HERE?  I’ll take the “it’s because there was a purpose” take on them until a moment in time comes up with a different answer.