Walt Whitman Songs from an Italian Restaurant On Monday, October 8, 2001, my fiancé Misha and I went to our favorite Italian restaurant in Breckenridge to grab a bite to eat. I remember the date because October 7, 2001 was the date that we invaded Afghanistan after 9/11.  It was a country wide ‘ fuck you’  to the perpetrators of the attack, and just another reason for all the news stations to continue 24/7 coverage. Less than four weeks after our national tragedy most restaur

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path. Buddha Sew the Seeds of a Conscious Experience. Good relationships...

The most important conversation you’ll ever have is the one you have with yourself. David Goggins Your Most Important Human When I became a parent, late in life, I felt I finally understood my purpose.  If you are a parent, especially a new parent, you understand how much of an epiphany this feeling is.  There I was, with a new human.  I was to take care of this human for the rest of my life, the job of parent never ends, it’s a life changing responsibility.  This was my job

Failures and Wisdom. The wonderful Australian speaker and coach, the late Kerwin Rae said, “I can’t give you any wisdom, that takes experiences. I don’t have your experiences. What I can do however is give you a mechanism to get wisdom from within you.” If you have a bad experience, was it really bad if you learn something valuable from it that will help you for the rest of your life?  If you go through a divorce, and you learn how to treat others better, or if you learn how