“Should auld acquaintance be forgot… And never brought to mind?”
“And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet… For auld lang syne!”

These are the first and final words of the song: Auld Lang Syne. Written by famous poet Robert Burns, he reminisces of friendships from times long ago. It’s with these words that I bid a fond farewell to the readers of my articles of the past two and a half years.

Through these times I have come across some amazing people and have been able to tell their stories. I’ve made my best effort to leverage this vantage point by helping to make you laugh, make you cry though more importantly to help you to believe that you are much more than your current circumstance.

While I’ve written through the lens of peoples’ career tracks, the stories have been coloured with a side-angle view into the human condition. Each of us can be more all we have to do is decide.

This, my first venue for regular writing has helped me to learn how to write and though I still write as a novice I write from the heart and for this people can find the message inside the story. When receiving this regular writing spot my heart was in my mouth, I sensed that it would become a significant part of my journey. Today I have that same feeling again as I’ve made a commitment to write my third book.

Before I share about this new book, let me say “thank you” to you the readers. It’s been your feedback your inspiration that I’ve been a mirror of. You’ve helped me with insights and made me a better listener. Thank you to my writing coach Larry who helped me to believe in myself in the first weeks of producing these articles.

Thank you to the people working at Castanet.net who have created a forum for writers and readers as go-to place for community in our busy hectic worlds. This is a valuable service to the community and part of me very much wishes to stay and write though the future has other plans.

My first book was my life’s story in a binder to the woman who gave me life. We had been separated from birth for over thirty years. She brought me the gift of writing for she has hand-written twenty-plus weekly letters to her Air Force friends for over forty years. Her letters weave a tale and I thank my birth mom Audrey for this gift. My second book was also a family affair, writing about my wife’s Grandmother who single handedly raised her eleven children on a farm in Manitoba. This new book will be about how my connection with a man who has Cerebral Palsy has impacted my life and how he’s impacted the lives of many others. This man is someone many of you have met. The book is titled “My Life with Mike” and will be launched in approximately a year from now.

A famous author Joseph Campbell said: “Follow Your Bliss.” And these may be the most profound words ever spoken from a person on this planet. I’m leaving this post at Castanet.net to follow my bliss and I encourage each of you to do the same.

Our lives are over in what now seems a heart-beat and I’ve said so for the past one hundred and twenty five articles here with the quote: “In only two days, tomorrow will be yesterday lean into it!”

Each of us are so amazing, and if you only knew of your true potential you’d be dancing and singing on the mountain tops like Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music. In signing off, my last words are: to find out what you are about and what you are capable of. Invest in personal development programs and yes, hire a coach. A coach will help you to be all you can be, which by the way can eclipse who you are being right now. I leave you with these final words: “In only two days, tomorrow will be yesterday lean into it!”

For Auld Lang Syne, and with much appreciation - Don Campbell