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Is My Path Just About Me and Me Alone?
My path is only mine — but it’s not just about myself.
For over a decade I have been writing about my ongoing process of finding, creating, and choosing my own path in this life.
This has had many ups and downs and challenges along the way. But since truly starting to walk one path of my choosing or another, I have been more content, more satisfied, and frankly happier with the life I have been living.
While some might see the notion of Pathwalking as selfish, I do not feel that it is at all. That’s because multiple aspects of the path that I would choose are about how I can help, serve, and do for others.
On vacation, I attended a protest
This week, my wife and I were visiting Washington, DC. She had discovered that she could do research at the Library of Congress — and had made appointments and got a reader card to do just that.
While she did that over two days, I would go visit some museums and other attractions in DC.
And then, the horrific draft decision from the Supreme Court, explicitly overturning Roe v Wade, came to light. The fundamental rights of women across the nation would cease to be protected, and the door opened to taking away other fundamental rights…