No, Really, Can You Run in Those?
I was the fastest boy at Whittier Woods Elementary School. When it was time for the races for the Presidential Physical Fitness awards...
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Feb 26, 20207 min read
A New Way to Lead
I could have easily had a very normal life, had a 9-to-5 job, live paycheck-to-paycheck, and dream of big things without acting...
Jul 8, 20197 min read
When You’re Determined
We were not rich, but we lived a happy and comfortable life. I saw the world through their eyes and everything seemed wonderfully...
Apr 4, 20198 min read
Weed Barons
I’m not proud of how I reached popularity in college, but the statue of limitations has since passed, so it is what it is at this point...
Mar 27, 20197 min read
You Have to Startup Somewhere
My young whirring mind was as sharp as a whetstone, always looking to gain more knowledge. I was fascinated by how things worked...
Dec 8, 20187 min read
Tilling a New Path
My mother took the highway and never looked back, not even at me! My father was left to care for me alone and since he lacked childcare...
Dec 4, 20187 min read
Killer Passion
Nothing is as exhilarating as feeling the wind against your face on a speeding motorbike. It’s a power only the rider controls. I thought...
Nov 14, 20187 min read
A Climbing Spirit
“I’m kicking you out. Come get your stuff.”
I was 16 when I read this devastating text from my stepfather. No money. No job. And now ...
Oct 31, 20187 min read
Life as We Know It
My mother used to say that struggle is a person’s middle name. People are always struggling, if not physically then for sure mentally...
Oct 22, 20187 min read
Art Saved My Life
What I know for sure is that every soul on this earth needs an escape, an outlet, a safe harbor in which to lose themselves and, ideally...
Aug 28, 20188 min read
The Will to Survive
I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...
Jul 17, 20186 min read
A Thousand Words
I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...
Jul 11, 20187 min read
A Helping Heart
If life were to be pre-programmed, it would kill the fun out of every learning situation. It would be better to be born a zombie than...
Jul 5, 20188 min read
The Art of Living
Living simply has been ingrained in me. I was born in the late 1950s in Danville, Kentucky, and raised by my great-grandmother...
Jul 3, 20188 min read
Beyond My Mistakes
Each one of us has a story. Mine is a tale of a woman who was able to achieve her dreams because of the people along the way. If others...
Jun 20, 20187 min read
On the Backs of Dragons
While working on the farm as a young boy, I had time to daydream. As I milked cows and plucked chickens, I played the “what-if” game with...
Mar 28, 20186 min read
If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
| This is the 39th story of Our Life Logs | “The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding...
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