Will You Miss an Opportunity for Meaning?

Have you noticed that opportunities show up daily to say “yes” to having more meaning in your life? Over a lunch with a past client and friend we talked about how chance meetings and life circumstances can sometimes result in making a difference in someone else’s life plus adding richness to our own experience. Rannell Dahl shared the story of how a trip to Latvia to discover her husband’s roots lead to a long distance relationship and improving the lives of a family in this foreign land.

An Opportunity to Contribute

"In 1993, 49 years after escaping his Soviet-controlled homeland of Latvia, my husband, Olav Lejnieks, and I planned a pilgrimage to revisit the people and villages of his childhood and revive his Latvian language skills. We wanted to find a way to support the Latvian people in the rebuilding of their country. Little did we know how a very special opportunity to help would cross our paths.

Finding a place to stay during our trip required searching the little towns and talking with the townspeople. Early one evening, as we were performing our daily search, we met Galina waiting for her bus to a neighboring village. As Olav talked with this jovial lady, he noticed she spoke Latvian with a Russian accent. Galina suggested we inquire about rooms at the former TB sanitarium just down the road. In spite of our rather hesitant response, she drew us a map and we offered her a ride home. She accepted, as her bus wouldn't arrive for another 2 hours.

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