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immersion

“That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can’t control life, at least you can control your version.”—Chuck Palahniuk It takes…

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MANIFESTO/60

HOW I CHOOSE TO LIVE (FROM THIS DAY FORWARD): “The trouble is, you think you have time.” Buddha What I’ve learned from the first 60…

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fleeting thoughts

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is…

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if it weren’t for that one time

“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act. Action will delineate and define you.” Thomas Jefferson

I almost didn’t run. It was cold-gray outside. A kind of sudden winter day that callously forgot to allow for the acclimation to fall’s passing. I awoke sluggish and felt the weight of things to do. A lot of problems to solve–business and personal stuff. It would be far easier to skip the run, I thought. Just dive in.  Begin knocking off all the tasks facing me. My to do list I knew would take all day to accomplish. It made me think about quitting and simply going back to bed.  Try again tomorrow.

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filling the space

This past Sunday I organized the shoes on my closet floor. The pile looked like a footwear orgy for the homeless. Shoes tossed upside down…

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awakening in the room of “what if?”

I am sitting in the waiting room of the hospital’s CT Scan facility. The furniture is classic office lobby chic. The walls are papered with…

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