I was driving on the road and noticed a familiar scent coming through my air vents. You’ve probably smelled it before, yourself. I didn’t need to look for a small black and white animal to know that it was a skunk, which had emitted its odor for the world to smell. As I drove further […]
Today, I failed a little girl in a parking lot. I’m not proud to admit this, but I held myself back as I watched her mother verbally assault her on their way outside of a local business, and it’s been on my mind ever since the incident happened. I spent the afternoon/evening with Atlas, and […]
One of the things I appreciated a lot about my childhood, were the movies my parents would watch with us. Aside from being extremely selective about what we’d watch (I saw my first R-movie when I was 14 – Gladiator) they hand-picked some of the all-time great films of our generation – most of them […]
“Values – you can’t put a price on them, but you can sell em’ real cheap.” Earlier this year, I had a bit of an epiphany about my value system. I asked myself “What if I replaced my currency-driven value system with one that is value-based?” And that question is something I’ve been asking […]
There’s a pretty nefarious thing going on in the world right now, and it’s been at play for a number of years. Some might call it the assembly of the ‘new world order’ – while I simply call it the totalitarian takeover of personal liberties/rights by governing bodies. Governing bodies doesn’t have to be a […]
Years ago, a friend once told me that I ‘lived in my own world’. At the time, nobody had ever really noticed that trait about me, including myself. It gave me some food for thought that I’ve continued to chew on since they first mentioned it. For most of my life, I think that I […]
One of my favorite movies is “The Pursuit of Happyness” which follows a man on a mission to discover a better life for himself and his son. Will Smith plays the lead character, Chris Gardner, and I think it’s one of his best films in his career. The movie is painfully hard to watch, as […]
At 36 years-old, I’ve consistently had one thing said about me when others discover something about me: “Well, that makes a lot of sense” which usually follows my revelation that I was homeschooled. To this day, I’m not entirely sure what each person is referring to. However, I try to think it’s a positive observation, […]
For most of my 20’s, I was hell-bent on becoming successful. My then 20-something brain thought that being successful meant having a ton of money in the bank, and worked tirelessly to accomplish that goal. A lot of nights were spent sleepless; fueled by caffeine and a drive that likely came from a sense of […]
One of my favorite movies is Minority Report, featuring Tom Cruise. In the film, we watch as the main character fights an internal battle between performing his job, and fighting his internal demons; heartbreak, loss, pain and addiction. One scene that always stood out to me was the scene where Hanks is watching clips of […]