The Crooked Timber of Humanity: A Lesson Learned
I’m back to writing after taking a break that I now regret.
Two-weeks ago I was at my son’s high school football game when a friend and one of my son’s former coaches came up and told me that he really enjoyed my writing, and said I need to start doing it again. It wasn’t the first time he mentioned that he found value in what I was putting out there. He then asked me why I stopped. I realized I really didn’t have a good answer beyond the typical, “too busy” and “focusing on other things.”
It was a good question and one that I didn’t have a real answer for.
My writings are aspirational. They are based on my study of subjects like philosophy and psychology in an attempt to apply what I’ve learned in my everyday life. Beyond that I always wanted to be a writer and felt that I have something positive to say. Of course anytime someone puts themselves out there it begs the question: “why is this guy so perfect? Why should I take his advice?”
I’m not perfect in fact, far from it.
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