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  • New Year Wishes

    My New Year Resolutions over the past few years have gone from HAVE/Want to DO to BE. From HAVE weight 70Kg/155lbs To DO 10,000 pushups a year To remain/BE healthy. From Know things (HAVE) To Read 50 books a year (DO) To Grow as a person (BE). From HAVE a big house to Move to…

  • Bloom Recklessly

    I wish this for all of us in the new year. Embrace your serendipities. And your zemblanities.  It takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. Make great choices. Help others make great choices. Read amazing stories. Tell amazing stories. Listen to great music. Make great music.  Be a great choice. Be an amazing…

  • On Communication

    Communication isn’t about the communicator, it is about the recipient. What one says or writes or depicts, is irrelevant; what matters is what the recipient hears, understands, and feels. Their perception is one’s reality. At least 90% of what one communicates is misunderstood. Not because the communicator is wrong, but because both communicator & recipient…

  • Codex Vitae 2019

    2019 has been one of the most complicated and frustrating years of my life. I’ve found the complications and frustrations highly rewarding, albeit emotionally draining. 2019 has forced me to question some of my most fundamental beliefs and values, things I’ve taken for granted as true or good throughout my life. This is my 3rd annual…

  • Codex Vitae 2018

    Like 2017, 2018 has been a challenging and rewarding year as well. This Codex Vitae is the annual follow up to the manifesto I wrote last year and is still my attempt to articulate, catalog, and educe what I’ve experienced in 2018. This year, I’ll focus on Things I learned about Things I did Things I failed at…