I love being human. I love the joy of creation and the fun of being with family and friends, connecting, laughing, eating food and chasing dreams.
I hate being human. Internal suffering, worry, hurt, anger and being misunderstood.
One of the things that I have learned during my work with my mentors and coaches is that sometimes the only way to get over something is going through it. I remember walking with my good friend Trevor Timbeck on a hike in Hawaii and we mused that sometimes the only way to a breakthrough is a breakdown. I hope we were wrong and there are ways to a breakthrough that suck less.
I don’t know if it is correct to sit through the wasteland. There may be more spiritual kind of folk who have figured that out. All I know is I did, and I do. I let my emotions become energy in motion and tell me what they want to tell me. Sometimes it takes a minute for me to hear what they have to say. Sometimes I just don’t listen. I guess it sucks to be me.
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