I felt best when I actually hurt, when I could feel. I felt life more when I had less, when I was hungry. I traded in my embers for ash, staring at screens instead of flames. I swapped my passions for trinkets, settling for flashes and pixels. But it’s never over for me, as long […]
Kettle bell treadmill Rice Krispie treats
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 […]
Making up
You will never, ever, be able to make up for lost time. It’s already gone. Humbly yours, J
Why so serious?
Granted, it does take effort. One does have to decide to actually decide to move small muscles in order to do it. For some though, it seems incredibly difficult. You may even know a few people, for which the effort seems excruciating. But, all of us are capable. Which makes it difficult to understand, after […]
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. […]
Head and Heart
What spectacular snaring of the moment. Perfect imprints of frames, of sounds, of scents, and the incalculable recordings by our cells that we fail to consciously aggregate. How permanent the entrapment of time. Perfect preservation in cells, that which enters our eyes, ears and mind, by ways which we fully, have yet to understand. So […]
Do not discuss
Vows of silence were confusing. Why would someone willingly choose to remove one of their primary means of communication? After much consideration, the sacrifice makes sense. By removing the ability to talk about all the things that could have been done, what one can accomplish , or what one will do; those that take a vow […]