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Our lives have been compared to chess games, endurance races, baseball, pinball and others. Truthfully, we start out in our own little game and add players all the time. Coworkers, family, friends and acquaintances share our playing field and sometimes share very tangible positions in how our lives play out. Not really sure we notice them as much as we should.

Very recently, a friend’s 26-year-old son died from a staph infection; an infection he got by accidentally cutting his finger. It was insignificant at the time, but became incredibly significant in the weeks that followed. [Read more...]