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Why Be Complacent? Take the Risk.

So many times, I play it safe. I just accept things, keep my head down, and ignore opportunities. Take the farmiliar path; don’t take the risk.

Trapped in this mentality can destroy initiative and encourage a more fearful approach to life. Living in fear and anxiety is brutal to one’s mental state. The person becomes paranoid, locking themselves in a prison created by their own mind.

The human spirit is meant to be advenutrous and constantly growing in confidence and knowledge.

Becoming complacent imprisons the mind and the soul, like blocking a plant from sunlight. Without sunlight and water, plants wilt and die.

So can the soul….

Each of us has one life to live out. Do we live imprisoned in the staus quo, or do we live free, making this life adventurous? The individual needs to take risks, venturing out to expand the mind and the soul. The human is a dynamic thing that needs to constantly be moving forward.

Complacency and conformity will shrivel up the soul, like a beautiful flower garden locked in a windowless room.

I am reminded of an old song  that says,

Saddle up your horses. We got a trail to blaze.

Life can be a great adventure. Take the risk!

The Search for El Dorado

Most people have heard of the legend of El Dorado, a golden city where the king covers his entire body in gold dust. Many Spanish explorers and soldiers died in vain, attempting to find this mysterious city of gold.

It has solidified its place in legend and mythology. Yet, today, there are people who continue to seek this hidden city. They can feel in their heart that is there, yet every trail comes up cold only to be replaced by a new theory or revelation.

In our lives, we can feel like the Conquistador, Lope de Aguirre, searching for the city so long that we lose our lives to the pursuit without success. Our “golden city” is truth and meaning in life. We know it is there, but we are unable to find it, and at times, it truly can feel like a myth.

Do you continue to seek? Have you abandoned hope?

This world is clouded with an infinite supply of false truths, misdirection, conspiracy, deception, control, and a strong presence of  hedonism. All of this swirling around us can make things unclear and cause us to question the existence of truth.

The lost city. The lost truth.

But truth does exist. It has been hidden from us, so we wander aimlessly chasing clues. The reality is that it wants to be found, but we don’t always know how to look! Truth is seeking each of us to reveal itself, yet we are unable to see it. We rely on sources that desire to be called “truth” for their own gain, and we fall even further off the path to El Dorado.

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. Ezekiel 34:11

The truth is actively seeking you. God is seeking you. If you want to find El Dorado, you need to let it find you. Only those who want to be found will be found.

Never give up pursuing what is good, moral, right, and holy. Block out the distractions and the innumerable lies that bombard you every day. God is not a legend or a myth. He is there looking for you to show you how to reach Him.

He will lead you to the city of gold.

Tired of Toein’ the Line

Why is it so hard to make decisions? People analyze, agonize, question, and dwell on making many decisions in life. I’m not talking about what to have for dinner or what should I wear today. I am referring to questions like, what career path do I choose? Should I marry the person that I am dating?

We spend a lot of time teetering on decisions when time is an irreplaceable commodity. 

What if I make the wrong decision?

Is there a better option or something better for me?

How will people react to my choice? Will I be judged?

These little voices rattle around in our head, sowing both hesitation and doubt. It can be an exhausting dance with no clear finale, causing many restless nights. Confidence is a difficult state of mind to master for most of our finite lives.

This why prayer and mediation are so important. Answers can be found when we are quiet and focused without distraction. This clarity will help make decisions more confident .

As with being human, decisions we make can backfire and turn out to be the wrong choice. It will happen. Worry, strife, over analyzing, and agony will not yield clarity. It will only fog it up more, extending the cycle and steering us in the wrong direction.

Purposeful focus will lead us into a more confident decision. God has given us the ability to reason and has planted a seed in each individual that will grow if we tend to it. 

Prayer and meditation. 

Be still and know I am God.

It is time we stop “toein’ the line” and use our time in this life wisely. You will make wrong choices, but most can be corrected. Search for guidance the divine maker has crafted into your soul. It will not lead you astray.

Just a Few Lingering Thoughts…

My apologies as it has been a long pause in writing my next blog. Life has this strange way of getting away from us while we try to chase it down. It definitely reminds me that time is one of our greatest enemies. It’s unbeatable, unstoppable, and inevitable. 

“You may delay, but time will not.” -Benjamin Franklin.

The world is constantly changing. Unfortunately, it’s more bad than good if you listen to the “experts” who flood all our senses every day. War, destruction, conspiracy, protests, and political conflicts bombard us from every angle, making it easy to lose hope. How many times do you watch the evening news and feel encouraged? Likely, very few times, if any.

Someone asked me the other day, “Why is the world such a cluster right now?”

My answer, “Because we allow mankind to control it.”

Human guidance is flawed, no matter how good the intention is. Mankind is a large group of individuals who all think individually. We are not a collective and can not be a collective. Independent thought prevents this mentality. Communism and strict Socialism have proven that collectivism is unable to succeed even with strong enforcement.

As many of you may know, I am a strong opponent of conformity. No true freedom can be experienced under the tent of conformity. It blocks us in, controls us, forces us, and in the end, we suffer.

When we accept society’s standards, we become endentured to it.

Disagree with mainstream society: be labeled and cast out. I’m okay with it. It is the first step of gaining freedom. Separate yourself from mankind and its required conformity. This allows us to find something greater than society’s standards.

Be in the world, but not of it.

The World Will Stand Against You

We are seeing a rapid decay in the world as it turns from what is good and righteous to hatred that is trying to be sold as “love” and “acceptance”. Those who challenge this are branded, banished, even killed. Jesus spoke these words which are still true:

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.” Matthew 24:9-10

Righteousness is under attack by those who choose hate. It is not love. Follow them, or you will be persecuted. This world expects you to conform, and if you step out of line or challenge it, the consequences could be disastrous.

Woke is not the party of acceptance- it is a party of intolerance and hate. Socialist attitudes is not to make everyone “equal”. It is about control and enslavement to the system.

Choose not to live in fear. Live in righteousness, no matter the cost. Jesus came to save the world, and they hated him for it. Yet, he did what he set out to do.

If we hide in fear, we have given hatred the victory.

In righteousness there is only victory, never defeat.

Can It Ever Change?

“That’s just the way it is. Some things will never change.”

One of my favorite albums from the 80s is Bruce Hornsby, The Way It Is. I used to listen to this entire album over and over, and to this day, I know the lyrics to every song. The album captured a feeling of middle-class America with the struggles and simple joys that life can offer.

The Way It Is captures a sense of hopelessness when it comes to things getting better. How many times do we say to ourselves that some things will never change? We need to accept how things are. People become stagnant in their hope and desire to grow as individuals or change society’s mentality. 

The individual should never accept the status quo. This stagnation is what causes people to sit and stew in this sense of hopelessness that leads to apathy and despair.

It is our moral responsibility to take control of the situation and be a changing force. We control the narrative, that is, we drive the ship. When people let the current drive the vessel, we will usually end up in a place that will not bring real joy or happiness. Going “with the flow” and letting others lead us gives a sense of hollow happiness. I dare say, it is pure apathy. Avoiding the initiative, it is much easier to let someone else lead the way.

Lazy ethics.

It is “the way it is” because we let it be that way. Ignoring will not justify you nor your actions.

Things can change.

Power in Freedom

To most people, the idea of power is equivalent to control. Power becomes synonymous with “power over” something. It could be a person, a group of people, an object, a behavior, or an idea.

Do not confuse power as control. True power comes from letting our souls free from forces that exert control over us. Power comes from a life of morality and resistance against immorality.

Real power comes from freedom in thought.

Compromising is the greatest enemy. It is important to remember that you can not control other people’s actions nor their moral compass. Each individual must make those choices though they will likely be influenced, coerced, or forced. In this we lose our power.

Our power is compromised, leaving us powerless and controlled. We become mindless drones.

Moral goodness is obtained within oneself by discovery. Take the knowledge and let your soul guide you. People are born with a conscience and the knowledge of good and evil. Do not do what is good because you are told to. It must be a desire- a passion!

Do not be a prisoner to this immoral world. Use your power to break free of its chains. Continue to pursue truth in all things every moment of your existence. There is no greater power!

Not a Typical War

Like it or not, we are in a war. People continue to say that another Civil War is coming due to the divide that continues to grow in this country. I totally disagree with that statement. The war has already begun, but it does not look like what people think. This country and this world are in an “ideological” war. The sides are not using guns and artillery nor are they capturing land, but rather they are using words, beliefs, and that have been “weaponized” to advance agendas to elevate themselves and those beliefs. It is not a conventional war, but it is warfare, plain and simple.


Morality has reached a crisis as immorality has successfully blurred the lines under the umbrella of total inclusion. No belief or behavior should be discouraged, but rather it is encouraged. Being “moral” has now become synonymous with hatred, racism, intolerance, and bigotry. It is an attack against what is good and right. What will we do?

Is there hope?


One option is to surrender and accept it, letting this immoral thinking win. Many have given up feeling it is hopeless to resist. The old adage states, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” People have surrendered too much as they feel defeated and shunned by society. This has become a life of misery, though deep in our souls, we know that this is not how we are to live. The conscience will continue to speak even when shoved down into the deepest recesses of our very being.

As I write this, violence is beginning to sweep through LA. I can see the hatred spread as both sides as they take measures to advance their agenda. There is nothing glamorous nor glorious about this “protest.”

I encourage you to hold fast to your faith, your morality, and to that which is good. Do not surrender your values to the enemy in this war of ideology. You do not have to pick up arms or hurl rocks to make a stand. Live a life of moral example and demonstrate compassion with love and without compromise.

We are at war. It’s time to fight back.

Bravely Into the Unknown

What is it about the unknown that fascinates us? Why can’t we be content and just let the unknown be what it is? Humans have a drive to want to know more than what is placed before them. We are like the little kids who constantly ask their parents, “why?” It is that moment as a parent that we try to explain, but the follow-up “why” keeps coming like a torrential flood.

I use this example, because in life every answer can be followed up with “why.” There is always more to know even when we think that we have gotten to the final answer. Guess what? There is no final answer to this question; it is a chain of constant mystery and constant discovery. To me, that is what makes living so fascinating! You can never know it all and you can constantly discover new things every day of your life! I can continue to try to be like a motivational speaker and put a positive spin on everything, but I am a realist also. This can be an extremely frustrating and disheartening part of life which can become a spiral downward into depression and eventually apathy.

The soul needs to find answers but must also be enlightened to the fact that not all answers can be found. I remind myself on a daily basis that if I knew all the answers my tiny brain would not be able to handle it, and I would likely implode. The human mind is not equipped to handle total knowledge. We can barely handle the knowledge of good and evil. When faced with morally good choices, how many times do we choose the evil choice? It is an almost daily occurrence.

Humans are made in God’s “image” and not made to be “gods.” This does not mean that we should not strive to be greater than we are. We need to continue to strive to be holy and moral, seeking out the answers to life. Souls are designed to grow in wisdom and knowledge just like an apple tree is designed to grow fruit and flourish. Everything in nature grows for a purpose according to its design.

Mankind is not different in this respect.

It is different in that we are self-aware with the ability to destroy the balance. It is the price of the knowledge between good and evil. Right and wrong. Moral and immoral.

Humans are the most destructive force of nature.

Will you strive to rise above it?

Back to the Howling Dog Out in the Woods…

They say with age comes wisdom. While I believe this to be true, I feel more than wisdom is gained with age. We gain perspective. When we are young, we are adventurous to the point of wrecklessness. There is a sense of invulernabity that people approach life early on.

We strive for the exceptional life, traveling a “yellow brick road” to fame and glory. We constantly dream of being more than we are, no matter how successful our life has been. How many times have you imagined yourself as a music star or a great actor? I know all of us dreamed of fame and fortune.

With age comes perspective and the realization that the road we walk is endless and will never reach the great kingdom of Oz. No matter how much we achieve, the human soul craves more and will be unsatisfied.  It is human nature. There is a spark in each of us that strives to perfection even though we see clear as day that we are completely flawed.

We must come to a realization that perfection is impossible within the human framework. Perfection or success is not found on a road paved in gold or a penthouse in the highest building. We need to focus beyond the physical world of success.

It is the success of the soul.

Oh, I’ve finally decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick road.

Cultivation of one’s soul is where satisfaction in life comes from. It is clear there is moral right and wrong and a life focused and learned on the moral good will bring about our best life. You may or may not believe in God, but I do, and I believe that the key is to sow seeds of peace, love, and holiness while rooting out evil, hatred, and selfishness. These things will strangle one’s soul, causing misery and despair.

Now is the time…. change your perspective and let go of the unattainable. Go beyond the yellow brick road and find a fulfilled life cultivating your soul.