I watched a movie. I saw a crow. I heard the rain. I sat back in my chair and drank in the complexity that is life. As you may have noticed, or not, I’ve been putting off the blog for the last couple months. Just life getting in the way I suppose as other things [...]
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This morning I woke up in my parent’s home, alone, for the first time since my summer days in university. My eyes opened slowly and my gaze slowly cleared as I looked up at the ceiling. Focus came gradually as my mind soaked into déjà vu. Although the house was cold, I had this warm [...]
I love to write. It is a vent for me sometimes… a creative exhaust that serves to decompress my thinking- it helps me meet some innate need to share with others while at the same time organizes my thoughts. This is why it troubles me that I haven’t been writing as of late. I’ll be [...]
Do you have a credit card? Have you ever used credit when you weren’t sure when or how you would pay it off? If you are like me, chances are good that you do just this – even on a regular basis. What if, now, you were to adopt this same borrowing philosophy when it [...]
Tonight I crossed over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco for the first time in my life. It was rainy. It was overcast. It was night. Yet it was one of the most illuminating experiences I’ve had in a long time. I learned that sometimes life gives you gifts in the unexpected form of [...]
Today I booked a business trip to another country. I arranged the flights. I arranged the hotel. Now I’m arranging to keep my stomach contents down. Is it normal to fear ‘airports’ and not ‘airplanes’? Is it normal to worry about getting lost in the myriad of gates in those labyrinths? Is it normal to [...]
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I’ll improve my life in 2010 even if it kills me in the process. I am more determined than ever to accomplish my resolutions for this year- and now I have you to hold me accountable. So, in keeping with my last article ‘I Resolve To Keep My Resolutions’ on December 31, 2009, I am [...]
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Are weddings and funerals the only time you love your family? Do you treasure your friendships more during a marital ceremony, or when you stand shoulder to shoulder with them at an interment? Does your appreciation of relationships only pass over you during these highs and lows in life? I think we would all agree [...]
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You are not alone. Even if at first you feel like you are- you are not. There are others around you feeling the same. There are many more like you. Not dozens… not hundreds… there are thousands. You are not alone… so many of us out here feel the same. I got a feeling that [...]
As part of my summer vacation this year, I spent some time in and around my hometown. I managed to take some time with my family to stroll down a beach I have never visited before and I captured a picture of a valiant attempt by man to defend against the brutal and persistent attack [...]
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