I was probably in my first year of college in the early eighties when I saw a button attached to someone's backpack that read "Question Authority". Something way down in my core said, "Yeah, that makes sense". Now in my forties, I find myself homeless, barely employed, and feeling closer to my own personal truth than I've ever felt before.
At the suggestion of a friend, I've decided to start this blog because I feel like I might have something to offer others by sharing my experiences. I wait tables to make money, believe in god while self-identifying as a buddhist, and within a year hope to be living on a sailboat...for a very long time.
My life is about Service, and about Quality. Robert Persig best described Quality in his book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and Jesus of Nazareth and the Buddha are, in my mind, the definitive experts on Service. And I think it's a very good way to live to get paid for giving "quality service" to others. I always chuckle when I say those cliched words. I hope to convey my experience of both through this blog.
So I guess it is appropriate to start off with a blessing. Please let it be that this communication is divinely inspired and delivered to those who will benefit from reading. Let the message given be loving, free of self-serving motivation, and have the effect of reducing the suffering of all living beings. For the benefit of all, according to the free will of all, and so must it be.
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