“In all areas of life, successful people are the ones who make the effort. They ask for what they want, they initiate plans, they dream up the ideas. They don’t just sit and wait for other people to call or make things happen. The world opens up to you when you extend the invitation.”  ~Louise Hay Three Cats Cafe at Leon & Lulu, Clawson / Cindy La Ferle Yesterday was a near-perfect autumn day, thanks in part to an impromptu lunch date with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. I first met Karen several years ago when she worked for one of my doctors. Now that she’s retired, we keep…