This is my story, tracing my life from the beginning (1941) tothe present (2023), highlighting trails I have traveled as a"Sandlapper" from the sandhills of South Carolina. Threecentral themes guide the path to transformation: Mind: How challenges in the pursuit of four universitydegrees, with a serious learning disability, led to courageousrisk-taking across six careers Body: How a farmboy's body developed through demandingwork in the fields to sports, hiking, long-biking, yoga, strengthtraining, and golf Spirituality: How a young Southerner, growing up in adevoted Methodist family, nurtured a vastly different spiritualitycentered on humanism. I trust the reader can connect my adventures to your their trailof life.