POEMS & JOURNAL

Photo by Martin Kníže on Unsplash This morning I woke up and felt a sense of relief as I put my feet on the ground. I've been a slave to darkness much of my adult life, so waking up with a sense of relief in the middle of a worldwide pandemic feels a...

Photo by Ran Berkovich on Unsplash I finished a section of my upcoming book about stepping into a version of our optimal selves. What I've learned through many hardships is that there are moments in life where we are called to do extraordinary things as...

Photo by Rafael De Nadai on Unsplash Much of my life was black and white. Interestingly, not even a year into navigating the muddy waters of divorce, single dad life, and rebuilding my career, the entire world has been hit with a pandemic.To me, it only...

Photo by Tom Pumford on Unsplash This entry, like all my other journal entires, is exactly how I feel, and today I want to remind myself that it is okay, to be not okay.If I am to write about mastering the art of tough transitions, I might as well be...

Photo by Alexis Fauvet on Unsplash When I found my love for writing, it came from an unexpected time in life. I had everything I wished for. A beautiful wife, healthy daughter, a great career, until one day the perfect life I worked so hard for was...

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash I had a high school teacher, Mr. Wayne Sanderson, who always told the class “ don’t be a statistic”. When I was a teenager, I could never hear what he was saying. Today, as a father and a man who has hit rock bottom, I...