Why I Podcast

I’m not sure about the exact date that Podcasting became my my very-close-second love, but I do remember the day vividly. It happened almost instantly actually. A manifestation of love at first listen. One morning I was commuting to my nine-to-five. Taking the A train from Queens (the 104th Street station on Liberty Ave) the one that makes express stops (except for the often times when it switches to make local stops due to a sick passenger or signal issues or some other inaudible reason mumbled by the uninterested conductor) through Brooklyn and into downtown Manhattan (the Fulton Street station).

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The Turbid Terrain

She sang to him. Softly in his ear, right there on the idle street corner. He sat on his walker’s chair, staring into space as her melodic tone anticipated him having a glimpse at their past long life together. I hope he got to see.

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Why you need to Write Everyday

Draft one. It’s half way open.

Draft two. It’s completely flattened out.

Final draft. You iron it out, to pristine condition.

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Potentiality

If everything exists in potentiality, then anything and everything is quite literally possible. There are no impenetrable barriers. No obstacles that can’t be overcome. Better still…there are no obstacles.

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Hard to Make Change

It can be hard to make the changes you want to make.

Even when you really want to make them.

Even when you plan.

Even when you schedule things.

It'll Never Feel Like Work

What comes easily to you? What do you have a natural inclination towards? I like to write. That’s what it is for me. And I don’t want to say that it comes easily to me, because I understand that it’s a life-long pursuit … and I know that going in.

I Have a Gut Feeling

Let me tell you what I know. I know that the answers are inside of us. I don’t know how I know, or even what I know, but I know they’re there. All of them. The answerable and the unanswerable.

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It's All About The Moments

The moments are what count. They’re the only things that do. Submerge yourself and drown in the moment. Let go, don’t resist, let it happen. Make your contribution and let yourself happen to it. Live your life feeling the synergy of your experiences.

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