2007 Prelude
These are the writings in the year preceding my “life experiments”. You can say they were the early renditions of what was to come.
A possible explanation for why I have chosen the circumstances of my life: Divine Comedy
Written shortly after I almost got hit by a car while crossing the street: Live Like No One Else is Judging
A competition speech based on 2 journal entries I’d rediscovered I’d written while in my early 20s. I had rewritten this speech about 20 times, revising until every single word rings true. The actual speech was written as paragraphs of triplets. This helped me memorize it for the competition: That I Am
Not just for Life, but for Business too: Character, Trust, and Courage
It’s not about aspiring to be someone else, but the courage to be yourself: Blind Devotion to Role Models
Dare to be an Unsung Hero! Doing What is Right
The True Story Behind A Windows Between Worlds; still one of my all-around favorite true inspirational stories. How Following a Dream Made a Difference
I was a Master Seeker. My whole life was about seeking. If there were a Ph.D. program in seeking, I would graduate early with as a double-major: Seek and Ye Shall Keep Seeking
What Robin Williams’ mom said about our Purpose In Life
This was a precursor to one of my personal favorites, “Divine Comedy”, also in this list (at the top) – Transformation Beyond Personal Development
Things To Do Once in a Life Time
Soullessness is not about not feeling pain, instead, it’s about feeling intense pain to the point of overwhelm: Soullessness
Last quilt made by the mom of a family friend right before the mom passed away: A (Painting of a) Quilt Lara’s Mother Made
Sunflowers from Cass [Painting]
I wrote this after finding out that the workshop leader of a program I was enrolled in began a relationship with one of the students, which polarized the entire program into 2 camps: those who felt that these were 2 consenting adults and there shouldn’t be a problem with this situation, the other camp (in which I found myself) found this situation antithetical to the program’s integrity especially when the not-yet-ex-wife of the program leader used to attend as a student as well. The poem reflected my personal feelings of feeling let down by a person whom I thought “more enlightened” than I was, and therefore could have handled the situation better than he did: First Steps Alone
