There are a lots of ways to exercise. Some people, really love to run. Others like to bike. And many, just like the simple act of walking. Some people believe that power weight training is the best option to get their blood pumping. Some think that a hybrid CrossFit approach is best. Many, think that […]
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Apricot Boy
Very recently, I had the opportunity to hike the Camino de Santiago. for those unaware, this is a centuries old pilgrimage trail, or network of trails with a common end point, Santiago de Compostela, at the Cathedral of St. James. People walk very short versions of this trail, and extremely long variants. People hike it […]
Eron’s Station
At the end of the line, a product was inspected, its quality assessed, and when deemed suitable, it was boxed up and transported, wherever it was needed. Eron didn’t concern himself with the quality of the final item. There were others that worked in the plant, that produced the product, that was transported, wherever it […]
Chosen Path
Without higher purpose or goals, what is time but turmoil? Without true passion and sacrifice, what is love but exaggerated lust. Without hard work and strife, what value can one place on comfort? Without ever feeling pangs of hunger, how does one ever feel full? We need to be without, before we know the value […]
More or less?
Can you do it? Does the answer lie in your head, or are you seeking it from another? If the question is being posed, then the answer needs to come from inside. All of the books you could read, advice you could seek, and motivational speeches you could absorb, are no substitution for internal resolve. […]
Before, after, and the movement between
We don’t actively notice the passing of time. By the time we chat away another few sentences in a dialogue, or read another page, or drive to the next red light, what was present is already past. By the time we reflect on on what we had just done, the sense of being present, is […]
Dreams and goals
Dreams, dreams are aloft. Like clouds they float, out of reach, visible, but not tangible. Goals, goals are grounded. Like blazes on trees they mark the destinations for our feet, and our energies. Dreams, they satisfy our imagination, but goals, they satiate our souls. Humbly yours, J
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Calcium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium
Of all the dreams we dreams, hopes we depend on, and challenges met, we don’t reach peaks of capability, intellect, dexterity, nor physical prowess of the potential we have at birth. So do we waste our most precious of resources. Second by second do we choose against a mastery of our elements.
The scents of right and wrong
How does goodness smell? What odors does evil put off? Is it possible that there are actual positive smells when we encounter someone with integrity? Do our noses wriggle in disgust when a person whose character is tainted by lies and deceit walks by us? Do we automatically associate a church or courthouse with a […]
TDWC
Sacrifice the discipline and routine, for the efficiency of routine For words of consent, momentary content, searching for what life could mean. Passing between, man and machine yearning to be serene. Ones will is spent indifferent squandered on the insignificant. Logic for vice, reason for nice. Drive for distraction, Force for supplication. Once proud, now […]