Seven Decades of Lessons (and A Gift)

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This Saturday, I will turn 74 years old.

Like most birthdays when you get older, I’ll celebrate insome way with my family and friends, but for the most part I’ll treat it likemost other days: focused on the mission of transformation. But that doesn’tmean I won’t reflect on my life and what I’ve been blessed to accomplish overits course. I’ll spend a lot of time thinking about thelessons I’ve learned in seven decades.

Of course, I’ve been doing t...