Yeah.

Yeah, it's a great door.

So the second door is inspiration.

And, you know, many people inspire us and some of them we actually become friends with and others we inspire and then we become friends with.

And I, you know, talk in this book a lot about all relationships.

As Esther Perel says, the quality of our lives depends on the quality of our relationships.

And how much intention and attention are we giving to our relationships instead of just taking them for granted? So when we're inspired by something, even if it's for a reason, a season, or a lifetime, it doesn't matter for a moment.

What just popped into your head and why? Is there anything you can learn from that?

oh, we can be

open nesters.

we could change the lens on how we see our nest and how we see ourselves in life and how we can just welcome new possibilities in all ways of life.

So that was the stage when my kids were leaving that I just realized, and I'd say it was a number of years before that in my 50s when I went back and did a master's in consciousness and mindfulness, that I knew I wanted a more spiritual orientation towards my aging process.

And I knew that without knowing it, like it wasn't conscious.

And that's how a lot of, I think, those gut decisions are made when there's something calling us from inside that you want more meaning and you don't know where to look for that meaning.

So one of the things I've always done is ask, just always ask questions.

So I feel like our values evolve