beingaboutthejourney

Life is hard. I’m not complaining, that’s just the way it is. And as I get older I see how much the world changes, how fast time moves, and how much I’ve carried to get this far. The body starts to give out and the concerns of the day seem to be a bigger challenge […]

These are very confusing times. Not because we have more opinions than we used to — humans have always had strong opinions about how to raise children, how to spend money, and who should lead. What’s different is how personal those opinions have become, and how public. We all make personal choices every day. How […]

Most Americans watched the President’s speech the other night hoping for action. Hoping to hear that finally, after years of lies, cover-ups, and two-tiered justice, something real was going to be done. The Trump Administration has done what no one else would do. It has pulled back the curtain, even just a little bit. It […]

Trust is not built in a moment; it is earned gradually through consistency, honesty, and shared understanding. In personal relationships, trust forms through repeated actions that reinforce reliability and integrity. Over time, it becomes the foundation upon which cooperation, respect, and stability rest. Yet when that trust is broken, the damage is rarely confined to […]

I find myself back at the age of 18 quite often. Not in photographs, but in the quiet moments when a memory ambushes me—driving past a street corner, hearing a song, or watching someone else make the same choice I did. No one told me I was in training for life, but I was. Every […]

The best thing about every day is that nobody has ever used it; each day is brand new. A brand new start, brand new intentions, brand new thoughts. We treat time like it’s a hand-me-down. We inherit yesterday’s moods, last week’s mistakes, last year’s stories about who we are. But the calendar doesn’t work that […]

There is a long-held belief among the faithful that drawing nearer to God does not always bring immediate comfort. Instead, it often brings clarity—and clarity can be unsettling. The closer one moves toward the light, the more visible your own imperfections become. What once felt acceptable begins to feel heavy. What once seemed clear becomes […]

Today is my birthday, again, and I’m taking the time today to reflect on the life I’ve lived so far—and to consider how the lessons I’ve learned might shape the road ahead. I find myself, more often these days, reflecting on the long trail behind me—the things I’ve done and the things I should have […]

It’s been said that the hardest lesson you can learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how broken you feel inside. Expanding on this thought, it speaks to what’s required of us all as we navigate adulthood. Life often presents us with moments of heartbreak, disappointment, and overwhelming challenges […]

In every generation, there are warnings about what is being lost. Today, one of the quiet but profound losses is the habit of reading—deep, sustained engagement with books. It is not that information has disappeared; in fact, it has multiplied beyond anything previous generations could imagine. But the way we interact with that information has […]

Being About The Journey

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