I had hoped when I started the Defending My Life series that I would be able to have it culminate in some wonderful moment, a reveal, that would be cathartic and symbolic. If I were truly a smart person, I would have timed it to lead right up to my 20th high school reunion. I …
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If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be too cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. – Annie Dillard Day Nine: Practicing what I …
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A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination. -Sir Walter Scott Day Eight: Putting skin in the game Teetering on the edge of finishing this little project. …
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To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. – Soren Kierkegaard Day Seven – Music and Mayhem As I relate these tales, I feel foolish. I feel foolish becoming excited over the smallest things. I feel foolish looking at the rewards I gained for the risks I’ve taken …
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Wait, what happened to Friday? Did I totally wimp out and give up on this thing? Let’s be realistic, it wouldn’t be the first time I stopped something midway because I found something else that interested me before.  Ohhh shiny! No, no… let me break this down a bit. Friday Chicago suffered crazy rainstorms and …
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Is it possible to love a maxim? It is quite possibly a silly thing, but I do really like this maxim. I am a patriot. I am an American in the truest sense of the word since I worship at the Temple of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, …