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Mar 18, 20208 min read
No, Really, Can You Run in Those?
I was the fastest boy at Whittier Woods Elementary School. When it was time for the races for the Presidential Physical Fitness awards...
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Feb 26, 20207 min read
A New Way to Lead
I could have easily had a very normal life, had a 9-to-5 job, live paycheck-to-paycheck, and dream of big things without acting...
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Jul 8, 20197 min read
When You’re Determined
We were not rich, but we lived a happy and comfortable life. I saw the world through their eyes and everything seemed wonderfully...
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Apr 4, 20198 min read
Weed Barons
I’m not proud of how I reached popularity in college, but the statue of limitations has since passed, so it is what it is at this point...
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Mar 27, 20197 min read
You Have to Startup Somewhere
My young whirring mind was as sharp as a whetstone, always looking to gain more knowledge. I was fascinated by how things worked...
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Dec 8, 20187 min read
Tilling a New Path
My mother took the highway and never looked back, not even at me! My father was left to care for me alone and since he lacked childcare...
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Dec 4, 20187 min read
Killer Passion
Nothing is as exhilarating as feeling the wind against your face on a speeding motorbike. It’s a power only the rider controls. I thought...
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Nov 14, 20187 min read
A Climbing Spirit
“I’m kicking you out. Come get your stuff.”
I was 16 when I read this devastating text from my stepfather. No money. No job. And now ...
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Oct 31, 20187 min read
Life as We Know It
My mother used to say that struggle is a person’s middle name. People are always struggling, if not physically then for sure mentally...
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Oct 22, 20187 min read
Art Saved My Life
What I know for sure is that every soul on this earth needs an escape, an outlet, a safe harbor in which to lose themselves and, ideally...
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Aug 28, 20188 min read
The Will to Survive
I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...
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Jul 17, 20186 min read
A Thousand Words
I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...
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Jul 11, 20187 min read
A Helping Heart
If life were to be pre-programmed, it would kill the fun out of every learning situation. It would be better to be born a zombie than...
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Jul 5, 20188 min read
The Art of Living
Living simply has been ingrained in me. I was born in the late 1950s in Danville, Kentucky, and raised by my great-grandmother...
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Jul 3, 20188 min read
Beyond My Mistakes
Each one of us has a story. Mine is a tale of a woman who was able to achieve her dreams because of the people along the way. If others...
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Jun 20, 20187 min read
On the Backs of Dragons
While working on the farm as a young boy, I had time to daydream. As I milked cows and plucked chickens, I played the “what-if” game with...
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Mar 28, 20186 min read
If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
| This is the 39th story of Our Life Logs | “The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding...
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