Choosing Love and Beating Cancer

Cancer has greatly affected my life: all four of my grandparents have fought it. Two of them are no longer here because of this horrific disease.

So I'm running my first ever Half Marathon to honor Augie, Doris, Shirley and Dick - four of the most important people in my life. I've never ran this far before, and my goal is to complete the race in under 2 hours. I'm nervous, but I know this race is nothing compared to what they faced.

I want to live in a world in which grandparents meet the spouses of their grandchildren; a world in which grandparents play with their great grandchildren. A world in which we have beaten cancer.

Please consider sharing or donating to my fundraiser to give hope to a cancer-free world. Together, we can do this. We can end cancer.

Thank you.

Christmas Cards in August

We’ve never composed a Christmas Card, it just hasn’t been our thing. But I’ve always thought a good way to create one would be to write it throughout the year to better capture all the highlights.

I similarly keep a note on my phone titled “Our Year Together” to record all the joyous memories over each of the twelve months. They can be simple things like dinner and dice with the folks, or birthday parties or baseball games. A few times each year, and always at the end, we review the wonderful experiences. It keeps us centered and grateful.

This portable time machine can work wonders on your psychology. There is always something to be grateful for. And life is better when we’re grateful. Because it really is beautiful.

Sharing Love

I have to say, one of my favorite adulting activities is sharing good news and love with family. Does that make me old? Perhaps, but it can also signify a life well lived. And if we all focus on living well, we can share this big beautiful amazing world together.

Faraway Friends FTW

I try to reach out to faraway friends fairly frequently. It connects me to my previous lives when I saw those people more often, and it keeps my perspective broad because they live somewhere completely different and's thus have disparate experiences. Because I believe we are all one, but we channel our humanity through the various conditions unique to each of us. Despite varying circumstances, we all want the same things. My faraway friends can attest to that. We all emanate love.

Create and Contribute

We’re here to create, to contribute, to do. I try to remember that when I’m feeling lazy or unsure. When we look back, we’ll feel proud if we lived authentically and contributed all of us to the world.

Collective Musings

My purpose is to contribute… what is our purpose? Is it to procreate? To spread love into the universe?

We are figuring it out as a species. For thousands of years we weren’t able to break the barriers of tribe and culture. Today, with our technology and knowledge, it’s possible.

Any perceived differences are subtle on this grand stage. Have we evolved enough to understand that, to harness the power we possess?

That is our collective purpose in today’s world: to raise global consciousness on this planet, to unite humanity…and to emanate love.

Friendship Today

True love might bring the greatest happiness in life, but friendship also significantly contributes to a fulfilling life.

Seeing friends often is important.

We couldn’t do that during the pandemic, and it feels like it happens less often now with our devices and virtual worlds.

Everybody needs a friend.

Things I am not

I could be blind. I could have nothing to eat. I could be alone. But I’m not.

I try to appreciate simple facts such as these each morning, to spur feelings of gratefulness.

Because life is beautiful.

Simple Dinners

Life goes on, and keeps going on. As the years pass I’ve realized my fondest memories are often simple dinners with friends or family. It’s the people in our lives that matter. If we remember that, we’ll treat strangers better, and the world will be a better place. The goings on will be more memorable.

Living with Love

Today marks my three year wedding anniversary. Marriage is one of the most consequential choices we make in life—it’s important to get it right. My wife continues to inspire me every single day, and I know I’m a better person today than I was three years ago because of her.

I can also confidently say that love is the most important aspect of life. The love we’re capable of experiencing as humans binds us together in this universe. Through love we can sacrifice our own well being for the good of others. Through love we strive to make the world better for others.

I know the world can seem dark sometimes, and there’s a lot of negativity out there in the news and zeitgeist. But I also know we can make it through anything with love. We’ve made it through our most trying times through love; we’ve made and kept peace through love. This is the answer as we move forward.

All we must do is ask ourselves: how can I live with the most love possible?

Music Laughter and Love

I defy the claims there are too many planes of agreement among 8 billion people.

Our core beliefs and desires are the same, regardless of culture, identity or status.

I believe we can achieve a shared human vision through music, laughter and love.