Conquer Your Mountains
Today, The Seven Paths—one of the most beautiful, and one of the most profound books that I have ever read—has officially been published. Originally self-published through the Anasazi Foundation for over a decade, I first read The Seven Paths in 2006 after my attempted suicide. Up until that point, I had been living a very…
“Here’s the difference between you and me,” he said propping his feet on the footstool. “You’re there in front of your ‘easel’ dying because you’ve messed up your canvas. “ He paused, “I messed up my canvas too, but I’m just putting a layer of white paint over the top and painting something new… I’m…
What stops us from living our dreams is a question I would love to answer today (topic of my next article), however, I have learned that before we can address what stops us from living our dreams we must ask ourselves what our dreams truly entail? Of what are they made? What do they look…
This great song from Ziggy Marley is my family’s theme song. My wife and I listen to it together and plan to use it as a family time song with our children as they age. The beauty of this song is not only found in the wonderful harmonics and melodies, but in the universal message:…
An article was written by one of my fellow writers a couple months back, entitled The Kindness of Strangers. I have been thinking about it a lot for the last week because of a little kindness I received from a stranger. It wasn’t as big or as fantastic as my would-be mugging victim taking me…
I have one main goal in life: to live a happy, healthy, balanced life. But there’s one truth I’ve learned just this week about pursuing that goal: Just when I’ve got it all figured out, something changes and I have to pursue my goal all over again. I like to think that I have my…
Haven’t I been here before? I’ve seen this before! I know what is going to happen! In my life I have experienced two types of deja-vu that I’d like to explore today: the traditional Dreaming deja-vu, and the non-traditional Energetic or Spiritual deja-vu. This second form of deja-vu is experienced when you either meet someone for…
Dear Anger, I woke up to the pink haze of the sunrise peeking over the mountains. A fresh breath entered my lungs as I soaked up the pure beauty of a new day. I sat halfway in my sleeping bag, nestled tightly in my sweatshirt. Everyone else was still asleep as I enjoyed the…
As we go through life we are confronted, rather regularly, by decisions which will alter the course of our individual and collective futures. We must make them. And we must commit to follow-through on the choices and decisions we decide to make. It would be naive to expect to, or assume that we could, go…