Lottery of the World

What would you do if the world awarded you a million dollars? I would invest, travel and write. Perhaps that's what I should be doing anyways. Write, travel, invest. Write until your heart bleeds because you've bore your soul open with the truth. Travel even when you are down to your last dollar. The riches of the world will repay you a thousand times over. Invest your time with the people who make you a better person. Invest your love everywhere you go. Invest your soul in a life that seeks to serve others. Forget the bitterness of yesterday and invest only in today so tomorrow holds a brighter future for all those whose paths have crossed yours. And never forget, a smile is the most beautiful thing you can put on. Wear it everyday.

Travel Thoughts from New Zealand

Written on my trip, March 28, 2014.

New Zealand reminds me of home, but warmer somehow. The people are older and don't seem to be preoccupied with upholding a certain image, which is such a beautiful thing to see. After living in a place for almost a decade where image is everything, it is delightful to be brought back down to earth for a moment. And maybe that's just me and not New Zealand at all. Maybe when you are around a bunch of people you don't know in a different country, it changes you. Maybe you free yourself, in a way, from the shackles that bind you in everyday life. The unknown sets you free and let's you fly. The daunting uncertainty of it all is just another false image, one that denies you of the absolute freedom in being yourself. Here, you can be anyone you want to be, but why would you want that? Because here, you can be you.