Insight To Chaos

“NEVER GIVE UP No matter what is going on Never give up Develop the heart Too much energy in your country Is spent developing the mind Instead of the heart Be compassionate Not just to your friends But to everyone Be compassionate Work for peace In your heart and in the world Work for peace […]

In the last 72 hours I: got called an enigma; danced my ass off; received very unexpected, albeit joyous news; took a long drive; had the most delicious Pad Thai; enjoyed the hell out of good company; got a kick out of odd company; took another long drive; had a really great revelation; received some […]

Musicals and marching bands. Maybe two of my favorite things. I came across this particular version at a funeral of all places. A friend who died very tragically in a car accident, was also a member of the SC Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corp. So to honor him, the horn line stood in formation behind […]

Yeah, I think that’s a good pace for now. I’ve made my list of things I would like to accomplish in the coming months. A lot of simple around-the-house stuff, but also a couple of bigger things – goals broken down into steps so they don’t seem so overwhelming. I am acutely determined, which is […]

A few months back, in a conversation about being misunderstood, I quipped to a friend that we (him and I) could best be described as being like Transformers…we’re more than meets the eye. Then I suggested the same could actually be true for quite a few of us. He said it was even more accurate […]

To know the Way, We go the Way; We do the Way The way we do The things we do. It’s all there in front of you, But if you try too hard to see it, You’ll only become Confused. I am me, And you are you, As you can see; But when you do […]

Over the last few years, this issue has consistently wound me into an almost fanatical tirade over the absolute preposterousness of the very nature of the argument itself.  The idea that issues like this even exist in our current society make me all at once sad and cynical and…well, angry. Though, considering our world’s snail’s […]

Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance, May your gravity by lightened by grace. Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth, May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect. As water takes whatever […]

In 1964, one year after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a memorial edition of his book, Profiles in Courage was released with a special foreword written by his brother, Robert.  That same year, my father, in his senior year of high school, bought his very own copy for 75 cents.  18 years later, I […]