Well this is my first blog. From the time I decided to start a blog, we have seen many things happen in our world. I feel if I documented what has happened since March, you would think 10 years has gone by. In reality, it has been 5 months. During this time our family has been strong and resilient. I am proud of our children and we have made a choice to learn, evolve and be better humans in this ever-changing world. I am writing this blog to share our lives with you. I hope to share how we are trying to be present each and everyday, by listening to our hearts. I believe that we are on a spiritual journey together that is open to the abundance of the universe and it is up to us to pay attention.
I will post a “diary type” blog once a week where I will share my thoughts, books we are reading, podcasts we are listening to everything in between. For those of you who do not know me, I really enjoy satire, and so, there will be moments of this sprinkled throughout. Our intention is to learn to listen to our hearts, be open to the universe, and share our experiences with others.
This blog will not be for everyone. I feel I have lived my life in what is referred to by Mindvalley’s Vishen Lakhiani from his new book “The Buddha and the Badass”, The Zone of
Apathy. Where I have lived my life in the middle of repulsion and attraction, hate and love. I have realized that if I voice my opinions and truths, some people aren’t going to like it but others will. I aim to surround myself with the latter of the two instead of existing, juggling the haters to like me more.
A common theme in our renewed life has been our ability to adapt to our ever changing contexts. Our life has been filled with lots of bends in the road. We believe that all our experiences have led us to this moment, and this is exactly where we are supposed to be. One of the most significant moments in my life was 6 and a half years ago when my daughter was born. That was the beginning of our shift. In the last 2 years our shift has had the most dramatic external changes to our life and 2020 started in so many ways I couldn’t have ever envisioned.
It all started when my daughter, Cece, asked me what I did for work. Cece is a curious person who always asks why and keeps you talking. A great sales technique that sales coaches out there teach in sales programs. Instead of a great salesperson saying “tell me more” her childlike persistent why, made me realize that besides paying bills, I couldn’t think of anything else. What am I doing? I continued to ask myself. I used to feel that I was helping keep people feel safe but I didn’t feel like I was helping anyone anymore, and I definitely wasn’t waking up every morning excited to go to work. Had I lost my purpose in my professional life? Much to everyone’s surprise, I resigned from a company I had worked for 6 years, created a pretty good life for our family and allowed me to be where I am today and so much more.
Bringing us to this moment now, me, writing a blog for a website to help encourage people to live their authentic lives and starting up an online store (more to come on that soon).
My blog is my truth. Sharing my thoughts and opening myself up to the world around me. I have spent many years caring what other people think, trying to be what they want me to be. Never expressing my interests, or opinions in fear of humiliation or worse rejection. I grown a great deal since then and no longer share that view of myself. The only opinions I care about are the 4 souls under our roof.
My wife and I have learned over our time together that our experiences have been unique and have given us a different perspective on life and how we live. At times we are even critiqued for the way we live saying our philosophies, ideas and happiness are unrealistic and yet, we continue to thrive. We continue to love, grow and learn. We invite you to join us on our perfectly imperfect journey as we continue to evolve into the best versions of ourselves (and we know firsthand how difficult it can be to grow and learn as we have made many “mistakes” but all have lead us to where we are now).
Here we go, I hope you enjoy and that some of the words we share with you make you laugh, resonate, and maybe get you thinking a little differently about life, love and living a heart happy life.
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