<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.1px; font-family: Helvetica; background: white;"><font size="2">We attended the Deep Water Literary Festival in Narrowsburg, NY, this past weekend. National Book Award-winning novelist Susan Choi</font><font size="1"><a href="applewebdata://7E5E50DE-4542-4EC3-A79B-103B2A838FA9#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="line-height: 16.1px; color: black; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">[1]</span></span></span></a> </font><font size="2">was on one of the panels. When asked about her writing process, she commented:<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 16.1px; font-family: Helvetica; background: white;"><font size="2">There are times when I know where I am and where I want to go, but the terrain between the two is uncertain.<o:p></o:p></font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.1px; font-family: Helvetica; background: white;"><font size="2">We all have likely experienced this liminal space at some point, which may bring feelings of unease or disconnection during transitions.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.1px; font-family: Helvetica; background: white;"><font size="2">Nearly all our cultural and spiritual traditions, however, recognize this as a time and space where everything is connected and exists in relation to everything else. It is a place where it\u2019s possible to have increased awareness, contentment, and fulfillment of a longing, perhaps not yet understood, that carries us forward.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="line-height: 16.1px; background: white;"><font size="2">I have been helping people with such transitions for 20 years. For a no-obligation conversation about where you are and where you want to be, email me at <a href="mailto:rickraytmond@thefamilybusinessleader.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">rickraytmond@thefamilybusinessleader.com</a> to learn more.</font></span></p><div><br clear="all"><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"><div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="applewebdata://7E5E50DE-4542-4EC3-A79B-103B2A838FA9#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="line-height: 15.333332px;">[1]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/books/review/susan-choi-flashlight.html" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/books/review/susan-choi-flashlight.html</a></span><font size="2"><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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