How long can you hold a giant beach ball underwater? Before its unavoidable rise to the surface How long will you play a game of never-ending whack-a-mole? Before you realize another one will always pop up How long can you block the flow of a river? Before the water eventually collapses Read more…
Story time… Last Friday night I was gallivanting along the streets of Portland (Maine) when I heard the voice of a young man behind me say “Excuse me sir, could you spare any change?” I stopped dead in my tracks. Not because of what he said, but how he said it. It wasn’t the usual, incoherent babble. Read more…
Heyheyhey, Namaste. I spent this past weekend at Kripalu for a yoga retreat. Kripalu is nestled in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and the energy of the place is so peaceful and positive. It was a great experience, so it only makes sense to write about yoga right now. Yoga came into Read more…
A favorite activity of mine recently is randomly blowing people’s minds. Whether through conversation or action, it’s exciting to shake things up a little bit and get people to re-evaluate… well… everything. Being a CRS (Certified Reality Shatterer) makes life so much more fun. Mindblowing, directed at both yourself and others, shakes up the bland monotony Read more…
Divide and conquer Working all too well on Planet Earth When we attach our identity to labels We set ourselves up for manipulation To be played like pawns In a chess game we can’t quite see Who am I? Black? White? Brown? Yellow? Purple? American? Chinese? Italian? Indian? Native American? Read more…
Last weekend I took a solo weekend trip to Acadia National Park in Maine… And it was an amazing experience. (Acadia is a definite must-see for everyone in my opinion. If you haven’t been there, I highly recommend it.) The entire island (Mt. Desert Island) is sprawling with pristine wilderness. Acadia has miles and miles Read more…
Money… Cash, cheese, cheddar, moolah, bread, bills, bones, cabbage, c-notes, dough, dead presidents, ducats, loot, stacks, skrilla… Whatever you want to call it, it enormously influences every aspect of our lives. Money is the primary driving force behind so many of our decisions in life. Like Wu-Tang said, “Cash Rules Everything Around Me.” But it Read more…