I had no idea it would be so hard. I had no idea I’d lose almost all my social contacts, spend years in a “cave” trying to sort through my own inner issues, or that I would feel pain and grief amounting to lifetimes… Has it been worth it?

I read books about guidance and how the universe wants to show you the way. Not that I believed in any of this. I had been raised in a very rational, mind-centered way.

Until …