Forgiveness is the wholesome diet of the soul. It can lend perspective, clarity, weightlessness and hope. Bitterness lends itself to loathing and emptiness. I learned true forgiveness at the age of 18. I learned it from my Father through example. He taught me that even though you have a shaded history it does not meanContinue reading “Forgiveness”
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Karen the Vigilante: Delinquents
“Outrage & Justice… These are my virtues and my power is megaphone. My ability allows me to express my opinion without any interruption. This allows me to stop the wrong doings around me. For this I am proud.” Standing at the balcony of her patio in a dusky city Karen proclaims. “Hey Yo! Karen! GoodContinue reading “Karen the Vigilante: Delinquents”
There Are Many Ways
“There is always another way,” is one of my father’s most philosophic sayings that I initially thought pertained to confrontation. It is now that I see it have become much more within my values. In my previous post There’s Always Another Way I speak about my experience of living in Hawaii. Noticing that most peopleContinue reading “There Are Many Ways”
Awake
There are two types of people these days… You can either be Awake… Or you can be Woke. On the surface this seems like a generational difference in the way that newer generations will always come up with new phrases and sayings that stimulate the zeitgeist. Woke is one of those terms. When this termContinue reading “Awake”
Value-able
Recognizing your own value can be either… As easy as breathing… Or a tough as steel. Though in the age of social medias many who find it easy don’t really even know how to breath. For me the steel category is home as I don’t place nearly enough value upon my skills and abilities thatContinue reading “Value-able”
Internal-Dialog
Finding a true dialectic with one’s self can be cathartic. It can be maddening. It can be confusing. It can also garner clarity in times where the answer wasn’t clear. How one comes to see their life with more grace and patients is predicated on how smooth they handled the challenges. Having a healthy dialecticContinue reading “Internal-Dialog”
Karen the Vigilante
“Outrage & Justice… These are my virtues and my power is megaphone. My ability allows me to express my opinion without any interruption. This allows me to stop the wrong doings around me. For this I am proud.” Standing at the balcony of her patio in a dusky city Karen proclaims once again. This ladyContinue reading “Karen the Vigilante”
Suffer & Grace
Mascots are the symbols that represent each school, team or group’s intention. You can see this in the manifestation of a football team of a school called the bulldogs. They want to be stable, fearless and courageous. As human creatures we will often do the same when we say spirit animal. As people with theseContinue reading “Suffer & Grace”
Acts of Service
In the midst of the worst injury in my life I was asleep in bed when a text message sounds. My head pops up, I grab my phone and recognize through the foggy vision that my partner has gotten into a car accident on the way to the gym. She laments that she is justContinue reading “Acts of Service”
P-F-N
Every fork in the road breaths opportunity into your future decisions in life. When presented with options we weigh out the possibilities of the outcome. We plan so that we can justify risk verses reward and yet when we plan unforeseen difficulties are sure to arise. “Good.” – Joko Willink If you search for Joko’sContinue reading “P-F-N”
Mr. Sods 