Maybe success is really more about just not giving up? Repeated failure, repeated rejection, discouragement, resistance. Just keep pushing toward a single aim and keep on pushing until you finally win. The more I learn of success, the more I realize it is more about perseverance than performance. Guy
Sun Up, Sun Down, Blah Blah
A quote from one of my favorite characters. A hero that is not that concerned with convention and has to learn to keep things called, “appointments.” Perhaps she is heroic to me because she is the polar opposite to my circumstance. Imagine if you lived life unrestrained and each day when the sun rose, so […]
The Lonely Tree
Up on a ridge, many miles from here sits a lonely tree. There is nothing special about this tree, not remarkable in any real way. It is just there, by itself, surrounded by rocks and debris from a few large landslides that occurred many millennia ago. The tree is sparse, with few branches, but surprisingly […]
Just be Yourself
I heard this advice today. Just be yourself, as if that was sage wisdom that could solve all problems. The person this was told to, stared blankly. I remember being told this when I was young. Just be yourself. The problem is that I had no idea who I was! How can I be myself, […]
Back to Back Weird Experiences
An airplane crashed in the fast lane on the freeway right in front of me and then I caught a common cold. Both really weird experiences, both shocking, both so out side of normal that I am not sure how to react to them. The first one is just a happenstance experience where a small […]
Being Excited
This feeling of excitement. When is the last time you felt excited? The just bought front row seats to a concert excited. That feeling is really something else. I have been told that you could experience that every day. Really? How?
The Great Robber
The great robber of your happiness, your time, your health is anxiety. The heist is happening all the time. The robber never stops trying. Always, constantly trying to steal what is most precious to you. Guy
Internal Obstacles
Internal obstacles are absolutely and certainty more daunting then external ones. The self imposed, self inflicted obstacles are the sources of greatest struggle in our lives. Self Imposed. Self Inflicted wounds tend to be our enemy. Repeated. We are causing our source of pain. We are causing our source of anxiety. We are causing ourselves […]
Beach Boys
Sitting in my kayak anchored in the San Diego harbor. Listening to the Beach Boys orchestra play at the Rady’ Shell. Good vibrations. Guy
Does Altruism Exist
Is it possible to be altruistic? People claim to be, organizations claim this as an intent but is it truly possible. Perhaps it is not. Perhaps we are only really capable of being selfish. If we accept that, then we would truly understand that every human interaction is really just a barter and an exchange […]