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I’ve been thinking of some of my “unexpected journeys” lately.

I’ve been thinking how life can change when stepping out of the familiar and walking life’s path with a stranger. About 10 years ago, I was presented an opportunity to go somewhere I had never been, do things I had only heard and read about, and meet people I might only envision after a National Geographic film.

It sounds dramatic, even fictional, like being stranded on an island and encountering a primitive culture or something. Sorry to say the first trip wasn’t that dramatic. I didn’t experience a plane crash on...