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“I don’t feel like I missed anything as I pursued my dream. Rather, it’s my era of freedom and fun that I feel like I missed out on something.” A Tale of Two Eras 1. The Dream Chaser I have lived two very different lives. One was filled with passion, intensity, dream-chasing, friendship, adventure, discipline,…
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It’s not about achievement. It’s not about external success. What I care about is finding that part of me that is alive each day. I care about reintegrating that piece of me that makes things happen. That pushes the envelope. That doesn’t escape from the world. I want to feed the part of me that…
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What is a true adventure? True adventure is the pursuit of something with no guaranteed outcome. The chasing of a dream, not knowing whether success or failure awaits. True adventure says… “I am going to give this everything I have. I will commit to following this path to its completion. I don’t know what lies…
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We are meant to expand to the very limit of our capabilities. In so doing, we reach upward, towards the divine. Who We Are Meant to Be It is my belief that each of us, at our core, has an ultimate potential that sits in front of us like a mountain to be climbed. Most…
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And in that void I shall fill my time with habits that give my life an eternal flame. New habits that give me joy and excitement each day when I wake up. Habits of adventure. Habits of laughter. Habits of play. To be filled with excitement each day… that is my dream. Life Feels Different…
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“A striker is someone who turns nothing into something.” Creating Soccer from Zero: I recently started watching the surprisingly good anime, Blue Lock. In an early episode of the anime, the mastermind, Jinpachi Ego, had everyone attempt to “create soccer from zero”. With the introduction of the rule where the highest scorer on the…
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“But the ideas and goals that lay on the outskirts of my capabilities, on the fringe of my potential, and on the edge of my imagination… these are the impossible dreams that fill life with magic.” What Is A Dream? What Makes A Goal Worth Staking Your Life On? For years, I have thought…
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“For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me.” John 6:38 What Does God Want From Me? I often struggle to decipher what God’s will is for my life. In today’s world, there are thousands of life paths that I could pursue.…
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Where It Began In college, I created a version of me that was beyond what I knew I was capable of. I was incredibly disciplined. I studied for hours everyday. I trained in the gym 5 times a week and trained for football. I was social, yet not distracted. I was the life of the…
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