I like quotes about failure, because massive failure is so interwoven with massive success. 'Fail harder', 'Fail again. Fail better'. The risk of failure is always out there. You have to look it in the eye and laugh. You have to accept it as you accept the dirt beneath your nails. Failure is for people who work for something. Failure is for heroes. Failure is an old friend that every time you meet, brings you closer to the truth. Failure is nothing to fear.

I am 45 years old. Based upon all of my experiences and learnings so far, this is the best advice I can give: Fall in Love and protect it. Protect that love. You have found a fire that looks like God to you: Catch on fire and stay lit. Spread your fire. Spread your love. There are all kinds of winds and waters that seek to put your love out. Grow the flame so it evaporates the water. Use the wind to spread the gospel of your love. Fall in love. Be on fire. Spread the fire. Stay lit. That is my advice.

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time most of the bootlickers who support the American Gestapo (ICE) were in favor of open carry, especially as a precaution against an overstepping government. Anyone who remembers the name Philando Castile and the very cautious response from the NRA when that legal gun owner was murdered by the police knows this is bullshit, but it’s worth mentioning again here. Now those same people are gleefully supporting fascism and state sanctioned terrorism against innocent, hard-working people. It has never been about protecting rights or freedom or the constitution, or any of that nonsense they used to like to talk about. It was and still is all about retribution for their own personal frustrations and fears, and validation for their own personal cowardice and hatred. We need to organize. We need to be healthy. We need to exercise. We need to be strong. We need to study. We need to be serious. We need to check in on each other and stand with the vulnerable. These are days we should be grateful to live in, because we have the opportunity to find out what we are actually made of. ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice’ - Martin Luther King, Jr.