And I know I'm on the right path, because over and over I've had people tell me that something I wrote was exactly what they needed at precisely the time they needed it.
Despite the dangers, sea cucumber divers were working the area a decade ago when, 51 feet down, they came across a coral block with ceramics embedded in it.
It's common to get sudden requests for help when you are in the middle of something. Sometimes I get phone calls from friends or associates when I'm in a meeting or doing important work.
According to Benedicte Christensen, of the Africa department of the IMF, there have been fewer requests for help from sub-Saharan Africa than there were the last time oil prices soared.
But not nearly as raw as they did half a century ago, when even in Europe some women did not have the vote, discrimination was rife, women's jobs were second-class and the pay gap was huge.