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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering,...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:08:39 -0400

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

~Poe

“I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes” ~Dave...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:38:03 -0400

“I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes”

~Dave Chappelle

“Great hopes make great men” ~Thomas Fuller

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:03:10 -0400

“Great hopes make great men”

~Thomas Fuller

Letting go: Many times throughout life we face the realization,...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:59:00 -0500

Letting go:

Many times throughout life we face the realization, nothing can stay the same and ultimately all things die. Change is constant and nothing stops for you.

I recently moved back to Michigan after being gone 8 years, I’ve come home to Ypsilanti, a place I have called home many times since the age of 19. On the surface, many of the places appear to be the same as when I left, many of my friends appear to be the same, but I know it has been 8 years. When you get close, there are cracks, new groups of people have replaced the old and there are more important things to do.

As much as I wanted my old friends to be here still or how I expected the town to be the same, I knew what the reality would be. Change is constant, when you’re in the middle of it for years, it’s still there, you just don’t realize it, because it’s little steps and overall it’s minor to you. When you step away for 8 years and come back, it’s becomes major.

I was fortunate to make some really great friends in Georgia and Florida, I miss them dearly, but it never really felt the same. I always felt like I was on a business trip or on vacation visiting them in their towns. (Except for when I was physically on the ocean or staring at it, strangely, the ocean always felt like home, I believe deep down, we are all tied to either the ocean or the dirt, one or the other.) When I moved back to Michigan in December 2012, Ypsi was where I headed, I let go of the last 8 years and moved. The feelings were mixed, but it felt like I was returning home, I felt relieved.

I am settling back in, and yes the town is different, my friends are different, life is different. It’s been 3 months, setting aside all the fun times, bad times, memories and advances in my life over the last 8 years, for the first time I feel like leaving was a mistake. I feel like I missed a huge chunk of something, something that I’ll never get back and will not be able to replace.

I was 31 when I left for Georgia in 2005, I realize now that I let go of everything I had built since the day I moved to Ypsilanti for college at 19. I never thought that foundation or those years of my life could be taken away or be affected in my mind.

“There is nothing permanent except change”

~Heraclitus

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:04:20 -0500

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise the one who gave up.”

~Abraham Maslow

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Into the wild

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:03:26 -0500

Into the wild

“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:47:25 -0500

“The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.”

~Andy Warhol

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:13:00 -0500

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science”

Albert Einstein

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:35:00 -0500

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us”

Henry David Thoreau

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SpaceX Launch, Oct 7 2012

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SpaceX Launch, Oct 7 2012

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