When You Travel, Leave Your Baggage Behind (Huffington Post)
When I was a little boy, I used to spin the globe. And wherevermy finger would land, I was destined to someday visit — and have a best friend there. Of this, I was certain. For I had the DNA of an explorer, and nesting was ‘for the birds.’
I have lived my life much in the way I imagined. I am blessed in this regard. From San Francisco to St. Petersburg; Colombia to China; Dubai, Mumbai, and virtually everywhere in between, I have been given the rare opportunity to know humanity through the context of a conversation, the embrace of a smile and sharing in situations, circumstances with others — many others — that have all brought me to the moment of now…