Everything I’ve been taught by mass media, educators, parents, etc., etc. has been that love should be restricted to two people. But the more I grow, learn and observe, the more I think that this belief might be one of the largest and most perpetuated …
Read MoreAn Essay on Tourism
Despite the fact that social justice has been an important issue for decades, many inequalities still exist in the world today. In many countries, the gap between rich is poor continues to grow larger every day. In allowing these issues to persist, First World leaders …
Read MoreA Poem About Stress
Stress is the ultimate accelerator of disease and death. It eats at us while we’re awake and as we sleep, if we allow it. For every second that the clock ticks ‘round, stress, like an angry beaver, gnaws away at the butt-end of life’s timeline. …
Read MoreFlying into Los Angeles
Flying into LA today, I wanted to be happy to see California, and the southern mountains, and the big blue ocean. I wanted to smile thinking about good friends there, great times spent down among that sea of suburban homes and in nature just surrounding …
Read MoreThe Tourism Life Cycle
The Tourism Life Cycle: Part One I grew up in the small town of Truckee, California. As a child, I was oblivious to big-picture concepts like economic development and the impact of the tourism industry. I remember frequenting local resorts and paying five dollars for …
Read MoreHeart Centered Living
I’m scared of my heart. I’m terrified of where it might lead me. But I’m open to it. I’m learning to trust it. And, as my trust for my heart grows, my trust for my mind seems to weaken, or at least it begins to …
Read MoreOn The River of Life
A river is steady and, yet, constantly changing. On the surface, its appearance may remain unchanged year after year, with the standard seasonal fluctuations of course. But when you dive below the surface you’ll find turmoil, movement, and energy, and you’ll realize the erosive force …
Read More“The World Is Yours”
How will this world change for the better in my lifetime? How can I have a positive impact on the people close to me, as well as the larger system as a whole? Am I capable of expressing productive views on the systemic issues I’ve …
Read MoreA Good Place to Start…
My questions are many, my answers few, Struggling to decide what I should do. The world is big, the universe often incomprehensible. It’s reassuring to have friends so dependable. Relying solely on myself would be a fault, Even the thought of doing so makes me …
Read MoreI Am A Child…
I am a child. Reborn, Wide-Eyed. Seeing the world for the first time. Astonished by the beauty. Perplexed by complexity. Eyes squinting to absorb my surroundings. Heart full of wonderment. I am alive. I am breathing. How did I get here? What is all this …
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