If you were to ask what I have been doing since I retired 10 years ago, I would give you a list of interests I have deepened, new skills I have practiced, family ties I have strengthened, old friends with whom I have reconnected, and new friends I have made.
The key to whatever contentment I have enjoyed is an openness to experience and a willingness to walk through doors that seem to appear out of nowhere and to follow paths that promise novelty and a chance to learn something interesting and useful.
Sometimes, old friends lead to new connections who offer opportunities for these kinds of adventures. And so it happened that a chance connecti...
