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Time… The Currency with an Unknown Balance

Time is undefeated. Money and the endeavor for it has many pros and cons, but at least it gives you numbers. You can check an

We Both Died That Day

Some losses do not end one life. They divide another. Grief is a process. I don’t think there’s an end… It’s a change in life’s

The Tears You Don’t Cry

Not every wound bleeds where people can see it. Some pain gets tucked behind composure, responsibility, humor, productivity, and the sentence, “I’m fine.” We learn

Sit with Warriors

The people you spend time with shape more than your mood. They shape your standards. Your language. Your tolerance for excuses. Your understanding of what

Not Everyone Deserves What You Give

There is a difference between becoming less generous and becoming more discerning. Some people learn this only after pouring years of time, energy, loyalty, patience,

Where Service and Jiu-Jitsu Meet

I’m always grateful to participate and help our brothers and sisters who serve. Whether it’s supporting a veterans organization, or working with disabled veterans on

The Heartbreak of Abandoning Yourself

For a very long time, I was an accomplice to my own abuse. There is a particular kind of heartbreak that comes when someone treats

Pistified

We’ve all been there. Better to laugh and make up a word… a TOTALLY LEGIT word… than to let it ruin our day. There are

Dicktim

There’s a strange kind of person who can create the chaos, cause the damage, cross the line… and somehow still walk away convinced they’re the

You Are More Than What You Have

Nothing like some humor to remind us that language matters. The words we repeatedly use about ourselves eventually become the lens through which we see

When You Keep Choosing Axes

I’m a ninja at self-destruction. So when it comes to relationships, I understand that the hardest pattern to recognize is the one we often refer

How I See You

There are people in our lives who have no idea how extraordinary they are because they can only see themselves from the filters of their

Some People Will Never Forgive You for What They Did to You

One of the strangest things about being hurt by someone is realizing they may eventually resent you for surviving it. That’s right… Some people are

Be the Reason Someone Believes in Goodness

We never really know how close someone is to giving up on people. Maybe they’ve been lied to too many times. Maybe they’ve been disappointed