Today, I set out to accomplish a few goals. These goals were quite simple: read books, don’t work, and work out. After having a good conversation with my Mom (have you told your Mom you love her, lately?) she suggested I take at least a day or two off from working. While I managed to […]
“In the endless universe there has been nothing new, nothing different. What has appeared exceptional to the minute mind of man has been inevitable to the infinite Eye of God. This strange second in a life, that unusual event, those remarkable coincidences of environment, opportunity, and encounter…all of them have been reproduced over and over […]
Dear Dad, Perhaps not enough time has passed since writing you last. Where you are, time doesn’t exist – nor should it – so I can only wonder what the delivery time is on these letters. Truth be told, I hope you aren’t reading them because you are enjoying every bit of Heaven. To come […]
“Just write…” my blog prompts me, as it closes out every other window with blank white space, just waiting to be written in. In some ways, I begin to understand how an artist must feel prior to beginning a portrait; the realization that what they are able to do could one day be great. There’s […]
“My secret is that I need God–that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond […]
“You know, when your stomach begins to churn, that the odds have just begun to even.” Brave words, spoken by my great-grandfather, concerning his policy of going big game hunting (usually tigers, snakes, wild boars, and elephants) with only one bullet in his rifle. He felt that mankind, against beast, could only be pitted in […]
Dear Dad, There are moments where I take a moment to clear my mind and find you in my thoughts and actions. Whenever I am quiet enough to shut out the riff-raff of this world, the architecture and makeup of who I am comes into the light, and I can see you clearly in my […]
“If you know what you’re worth, than go out and get what you’re worth. But you’ve got to be willing to take the hits. You, me, or anybody, nobody is going to hit you as hard as life. It’s not about how hard you get hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and […]
These past few weeks have not shortchanged me in the lessons and principles that life has been teaching me recently. Preparing for the move to Dallas has been mentally taxing, in that there is a lot of uncertainty about this particular chapter of my life. The call of success is ever-beckoning, but my perspective on […]
Sitting here, it’s my usual spot in Los Angeles. Starbucks, of course. That being said, I’ve come to this spot quite a bit (pushing over 100 visits) since my move earlier this year. Quite a few things have changed since that first night I came here, which was surprisingly similar to this evening; the temperature […]