Conquering Freedom

                     "Wonderlust Christmas" Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year.  It is the season of perpetual hope, of good news and it is also a time where the world noticeable pauses for a moment to think about other people, to share stories and updates with friends and family something we get so far away from over the course of the year.  It's probably more of a domestic thing than worldly but holistically and culturally western society eases up a bit to allow genuine joy to seap through the barriers of everyday hard work. People enjoy each other for a change instead of the things we have, want or try to sustain. Nevertheless, as I have grown to appreciate this short annual moment, this year has been special for my family and I. Instead of exchanging gifts like weve always done our family decided to give each other the greatest gift of all in a cross country excursion. We decided to take a road tr...

Conquering Freedom "Delayed Gratification?" Delayed Gratification (DG) has come up several times over several years in conversation with really good friends - so maybe its time to think about this message. Well in thinking, every time I hear the word delay, I sort of fringe and I immediately begin to create this negative stronghold in my mind that is associated with waiting. Waiting...for what? And why? Waiting sucks. Everyone who knows me knows I am a right now kind of person.  We all are, especially, if we think we DESERVE it.  I mean I work hard, you work hard,  I try to live high spirited, I hope you do too,  I try to do well and wish well for others no matter how others treat me, I hope you do too. In a nutshell, I try my best to live the "right way" with the highest degree of integrity so why should anyone who works this hard mentally (because y...