Failure is simply defined in four words, a lack of success. But maybe it’s success that we have trouble defining. What does success mean to you besides large bank accounts, millions of fans, followers, trips, and fancy shit? And if one knows their goal clearly, do they have the courage to fail, to become a …
Through eras, eons, ages, generations, seasons, pasts, presents, futures, time sees itself in many increments large and small combining up to all. We seem to use it to serve us in hopes of a more efficient practice daily, so we break it down into years, months, work weeks, weekends, hours, minutes, and seconds. It help …
Gearing up to start a wellness program consisting of yoga, meditation, resistance training, book work, and feed 9 students lunch with the help of my new friend and yoga teacher, Shawn, I just wanted to reflect on how I got here and why. When an American hears ‘yoga’ they are probably thinking of a women’s …
A Detroit Dream. For the last four years I’ve been freestyling/singing in my basement so often I’ve accumulated over 800 videos and it’s a ride I don’t think I’ll ever get off. There’s something so pleasant about letting your voice out. Not just to be heard but in sync with an invisible wave that has …
Some people make such strong impressions on us we never forget how they appeared for the first time in our lives, such was the case with Marge Mitchell, a soulmate to me. I met Marge in Seminole, Florida where we were co-workers slanging Timeshares For Sale By Owner in a telemarketing room circa 2002. I …
December 2024 fades away in the rear view and the defrosting is primed to clear sight of the past. January 2025 seems so futuristic for someone born in 1980 growing up on Terminator, Back to the Future, and Alien. The uncertainty in the years to come to close out the decade will shift humanity that’s …
Scrolling through the news I’m often drawn to articles about traits of successful people in business, relationships, or spiritual, they usually catch my eye with 7, 10, or 5 homerun hitters that are the foundation of achieving the discipline. Yesterday my best friend said he almost died in a car accident. Since he wasn’t in …
Handling the trauma of a life lost affects us all differently and there is never a perfect time for one to say goodbye. How long will it take to heal from the heartache or understand what message the deceased passed along to our lives in growth? Our immediate response to a passing is ‘sorry for …
The ‘real’ world was often toted as a cold, numb, and without a care for anyone who didn’t give enough of what was expected. This was taught to me and maybe you as a child and I have to ponder on why? Because parents wanted to toughen their kids so they were not seen as …