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Kurt Koontz

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After retiring early from his job as a successful sales executive for a Fortune 500 technology company, Kurt Koontz volunteered in his community and traveled across Europe and North America. He never considered writing a book until he walked nearly 500 miles across Spain in 2012. Those million steps were so compelling that he returned home and began writing and speaking about his life-changing adventures. He lives and writes on a tree-lined creek in Boise, Idaho.

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In the fall of 2012, I embarked on an adventure in Spain to walk 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago. Like every other journey in my life, I departed without any expectations and tried to let the trip unfold in a natural manner. I had taken many trips before and many after but for some reason, the walk in 2012 seemed to be a Mount Everest experience. It was a life bending trip and I have comple

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

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“while walking in Spain. With that attitude, I resolved not to worry about anything that was beyond my control––which happens to be almost everything! Life can only be lived and experienced in the moment. An adage in my guidebook summed this up well: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift––that is why it is called the present.”
― Kurt Koontz, A Million Steps

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“People will always walk into our lives to show us something or say something, to love us or take care of us, to put us on our path, and then when it’s complete, they leave. We are left behind with more than we can imagine, which we then share with others…on their paths.”
― Kurt Koontz, A Million Steps

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“I believe the main reason we miss life’s signs is we are not open to seeing them or too busy to notice.”
― Kurt Koontz, A Million Steps

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