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The Call: I've heard it all my life, but have not always answered. It doesn't come on a cell phone, it's not written in a book, or seen on TV. It comes out of nowhere. It tugs at your heart. It is an invitation to your soul. It carries with it the promise of freedom. It is what Joseph Campbell calls, "Following your bliss." It is a transformative and sacred call. As Maimonides, the twelfth-century rabbinie authority, physician, and philosopher said, "The sound of the shofar calls to us: Awaken, sleepers, from your sleep, arise, slumberers, from your slumber, and examine your deeds...look after your own souls, and improve your ways." Our purpose on Earth as humans might well be to hear the call and respond. How long will it take for you to answer Yes?