Echoes From a Life Well Lived is a collection of essays, speeches and poems that detail the thoughts and ideas that helped shape and mold Richard's life. His only motivation is to share all of the wisdom, knowledge, and grace that his many gifts have brought to him. Richard has always believed that life is much more about vocation than occupation. He has struggled to be a constant in this world, trying every day to make his actions consistent with what he believes. He has prayed for the grace and the courage to be known as a person of virtue, of truth and of character, and he has tried every day to be a person of light in a seemingly dark world.