When you look at the other guy, try to keep in mind that you don’t know him. You don’t know the battles he’s fought and won (and lost). You don’t know the way he looks…
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Right Next Door
I walked to the plaza next door to get my favorite smoothie, Peanut Butter and Banana. As I approached the door to the shop, I was having second thoughts. I knew that this particular shop…
A Chat With Brian Charette
I went to see – well, to check out – a jam session in Studio City tonight. It was at one of the oldest clubs, and the oldest jazz club, in LA: The Baked Potato (I got…
Manic-Expressive
My dictionary defines Depression as: severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. I wish I could say I have no idea what this…
Appreciation, or the Absurdity of Predestination
This started out as a journal entry, but I decided to post it as a blog post because I felt inspired to do so. This is my first blog post in a few months! It…
The Map Is Not The Road
Yesterday I was driving home from one of my all-time favorite places, Denny’s, and I was using my Garmin, as I am in the habit of doing when I go almost anywhere whose route I…
Practice is not always necessary.
If I am perfectly happy with my skills I already have, and am confident I can retain them without practicing, there is no need for me to practice. If I find more joy resonating in…
What Meaning Means
The difference between a meaningful life and a meaningless life is Action. Action being taken, specifically, towards a connection with something greater than ourselves. If, in the moment, no particular Action is being taken to experience…
Information vs. Innovation
Real innovation comes from having the courage to sound like yourself. There’s a catch, though. Part of sounding like yourself is knowing what “you” sounds like. And you can’t know that until you listen to…
The Problem With The “Attraction Hypothesis”
There’s a couple of different ways of explaining why what happens to us happens, and why we get what we get. One way would be to say, we created it. We had ideas, we had…