2020 – Step 3: Wu Wei (effortless action)

"Every single year, we're a different person.  I don't think we're the same person all our lives."  ~Steven Speilberg   Look East.  Wu Wei is a Taoist/Buddhist concept - a state of being where actions taken are in alignment with the 'ebb and flow' of life - flowing with the go.  Don't get carried away.  …

Step 349: Inspiration + Innovation = Initiation

"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot.  In your Soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."  ~Oscar Wilde The Long - - Slow - - Evolutionary - - Burn - - Human will remember as "2019"  is quickly coming to an end.  Get settled in - 2020 brings the "ripple-effects."  …

Step 346: Without Denial

"Do stuff.  Be clenched.  Curious.....don't wait for society's kiss on your forehead."  ~Susan Sontag (Vassar Commencement Address 2003) Turn off Cruise Control.  Confucianism - Islam - Christianity - Hinduism (scriptural belief systems) all focus on "Kenosis" - transcendence of "Self" for the benefit of others. Mainstream does not like radical change.  The currency of the …

Step 344: Tipping Point

"Travel isn't always pretty.  It isn't always comfortable.  Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart.  But that's okay.  The journey changes you; it should change you.  It leaves marks on your memory, your consciousness, on your heart and on your body.  You take something with you.  Hopefully, you leave something good behind."  ~Anthony Bourdain …

Step 333: Approaching Completion

"Incognito - (adjective or adverb) - with one's identity concealed."  Tomorrow Human begins the last month of a Decade - the 10's ending.  Cultural trends collide.  Travel means change.  Change means vulnerability.  Courage and conviction are required - to climb "out-of-the-box."   All that is truly required is to continue taking small steps each day.  For …