Falsehood: The Path that Leads to the Labyrinth of Sin My interpretation of the Genesis metaphor about the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Knowledge, the Forbidden Fruit, the Serpent, and the end of the relationship that a human being can have with God and residence in Heaven is really…
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Happiness: The Elements of Happiness
The goal of life is to achieve happiness. I believe most people would agree with this hypothesis. However, to live in a state of happiness there are some elements that have to be fulfilled and some life disciplines that must be practiced in order to achieve it. Happiness is like…
Immigration, migration, racism and the American Dream.
Immigration, migration, racism, and the American Dream The American Dream is something Americans have been proud of since the term came into fashion during the Industrial Revolution. For me it is the concept that claims that anyone who has a dream can make it come true in the United States…
Finding a Sacred Commission
In the book Boredom to Brilliance I write about the sacred commission everyone gets in life to pursue what has been placed in their hearts and minds to do and to apply the artistic method described in the book to perfect it. Ironically the sacred commission I got has been…
Being Authentic: The importance of not caring what other people think of you.
In order to feel comfortable in your own skin you have to be comfortable about being who you really are in spite of what other people think. I’ve always been sort of jealous of gay people who come out of the closet about their sexuality because it seems like it…
Father’s Day 2019
June 16, 2019, Martin, Tennessee – Father’s Day Adding a blog post journal about my life is something I have always thought was a large part of what having a personal blog is all about. My father and I travelled to Martin, Tennessee this weekend to celebrate Father’s Day with…
A Lost Art
Music has been my driving force since I first became bitten by the lure of the all powerful effect music had on me and has on people all over the world. It was my artistic medium where I could pour my entire being into the development of a vocalist, multi-lingual…
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Dying Right: Designing Your Destiny
Over the past year, I have watched my Mother and my Grandmother die. Both women were proactive people who took care of business well before it had to get done. All of the costs and their funeral services were planned so that there wasn’t a lot to do in organizing…
A “Side” Lesson from the “Wolf of Wall Street” in his new book.
I am reading Jordan Belfort’s new book “Way of the Wolf” that refers to his sales method known as ” Straight Line Sales”. The reason I am interested in this book and his philosophy is to learn what it is and to help me be better at “selling” ideas to…
Jumping In: What happens when an opera singer gets sick.
Today I am motivated to share part of my experience singing opera in Germany that is probably not known by most of my American friends. I have a cold with all the trimmings. Stuffy nose, congested air passages, fever and general feeling like grunge. I couldn’t sing today if you…