Hi, Bill Radke here.
The piece I want to ask you about is my favorite piece on this week's show (May 14) -- "Compassionate Cooking." Click on it and listen. It's about this chef in Wisconsin named Anne Breckenridge-Swanson. She's wanted to get into the restaurant business and she realizes she can make a living cooking for the sick and dying patients in a hospice facility. She's not melodramatic, she's not self-congratulatory -- she's simply found a way to pay the rent by doing something she loves that serves other people. It made me ask myself, how can I go to work every day with a sense of service? Not always easy.

I'd love to hear more stories like it -- how have you figured out how to make a living in a way that's not all about you? The answer might seem obvious if you work at a soup kitchen. But what if you don't? I'd like to think that even if nursing isn't your thing, you could go to work with a sense that you're making the world better. Maybe that means helping people see farther, or bringing someone joy. What does it mean to you? You might inspire someone with your story, so write me back.

OK, it's too sunny to stay inside. I'm going to the John Prine concert tonight -- have a great weekend.

Bill