Do opposites attract? What insane cosmic forces cause us to become friends? Do you ever feel that a friend is holding you back from growing? It seems obvious that most friends have a similar worldview, similar objectives, and similar beliefs. When I got married…

What makes us becomes friends after being thrown together by the mad squalls and storms that life provides? What forces of nature cause us to remain friends? How do our friends affect the direction of our own lives? I met Cormac, a teacher from Ireland while walking the Camino de…

When you’re older you have baggage. That baggage is packed with habits, foibles, and deeply rooted convictions that cause you to shy away from life, things that get in the way of functioning clearly and living purposefully. Many of these things are manifested in…

I never really thought about being unworthy until a few years ago. But then again, a few years ago is when my life became a shitbag of chaos which, in my case, forced me to look inside and deal with the things that were making me wake up to dreams…

My last post was going answer the question “Why is feeling unworthy so epidemic in our society”? But I turned on the computer and my favorite background music, looked at my notes, and …cried. And I know it’s because I’m sad, and still perplexed as to why we treat ourselves…

Why is feeling unworthy so epidemic in our society? In the promotional video I created for my upcoming book “All Roads Lead Home- Life, Love, and Forgiveness on the Camino de Santiago” I said: “Some people might think walking 500 miles across Spain is a big deal. But when you…

“More people die annually from suicide than by any other type of violence, including armed conflict.” — The United Nations Health Agency I guess that song (Suicide is Painless) from the television show MASH, was supposed to be ironic. Sure, in the end, we all die alone indeed feeling no…

What is grace and what the hell does it have to do with anything? Grace is one thing I learned about on the Camino. Webster’s says it’s: “Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification. A virtue coming from God. A state of sanctification enjoyed through divine…

To this day I really can’t say exactly how I ended up stumbling across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. I guess in part it was due to a broken heart. I had been dumped by the woman I had fallen in love with after getting out of a 23…