Steve Jobs famously said,"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." I echo these sentiments. Perhaps now that I am fully immersed in middle age, I have been granted a perspective that has broken the myth of control and certainty. My journey has been a constant stream of unexpected joys and sorrows. I could never have predicted my life as I now know it. I write in pencil now - holding lightly to my expectations and strive to step into the unknown with courage. There is so much to learn, to see, to explore and to feel. I often tell my kids that the universe has their back - and I trust it has mine too. That it will all work together to create a beautiful constellation of stars lighting the way home for us and those to come.