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Playing in the Hoosier Mud
It wasn’t long into my Journey of Fear before I began to get a taste for adventure. It also wasn’t long before I began to learn some of the deep lessons that I had set out on this trip to learn. The day began calm enough. I stopped at the Warm Candle Co. outlet store, which sits just past the Ohio–Indiana border along I-70. You can’t miss it – it has a thirty foot candle outside of it. They have AWESOME prices on everything that they sell, which is all things country crafts. Pretty much the perfect place to bring Mom or a girlfriend…or me. I’m currently writing by the…
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Seven Fears I Face
You might be trying to figure out what exactly these fears are that I keep mentioning. Well, you’re in good company. Because so am I. A large portion of this trip is dedicated to pinpointing what fears I have hidden beneath the surface. And from what I’ve found, you usually can’t spot your fears until you put them to the test (which I’ve certainly been doing). What do I mean by this? For most people, when they’re happy and feeling good, they don’t assume that there’s anything going on deep down inside. But take every last dollar out of someone’s bank account, and for most people, you’ll get to watch…
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Butts, Butts, Butts
Oh whoops, typo. *Buts, Buts, Buts There we go. Well you’re here already, might as well keep reading! (Welcome to Marketing 101 kids.) As time’s gone on along my Journey, I’ve become aware of an interesting phenomenon within my own mind – a group of friends, if you will. I call them my Buts. And they speak to me. What they say depends entirely on my current situation, but usually our dialog ends up sounding something along the lines of: Me: Boy, I sure would like to [insert interesting life experience]! But: Oh no, you can’t. What if [insert possible negative consequence]? For most of my life, my Buts have…
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Metamorphosis
Flash Forward to the Present Day I’m changing in some big ways. While the photos above – the first taken back in March 2nd, 2014, and the second just a few days ago – relate the physical changes that I’ve been going through over the last two years, they can only hint at the many ways in which I’ve been growing emotionally and spiritually. This past week in Fort Bragg, California has opened my eyes to a side of life that was once entirely hidden to my privileged eyes. I’ve seen and experienced things that will forever sway my perceptions of humanity, and our future here on this little blue-green…
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Happy Birthday!
There’s a kid out there who’s hoping to do something that’s infinitely more impressive than simply driving across the U.S. What he’s attempting to do is to get on a plane, travel to some distant continent (I don’t think he even cares which one) and simply go, learning about the world one footstep at a time. And he’s only 18. Correction: today he turns 19. This kid’s one of the most impressive guys that I know. I’ve always looked up to him, even though he wasn’t taller than me until this past year. He thinks on a level that astounds me, observing the world and the people around him with…
