The Ramblings of the Titanium Don

Crossing the Bridges: Affirmations and Mantras

Last week I came up with a new mantra for my life and my goals: The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.  I gain more than I lose when I act upon my dreams.  Fear is the mind killer, and I am not afraid.  Do or do not.  Remember that there is no spoon. I have managed to memorize this, but truthfully it’s a tad long. I believe that I have mentioned previously that I have hired

Crossing the Bridges: Fighting my Fear

What am I so afraid of? This is the question that has haunted me for most of my life.  Unlike many of my fellow Americans who can point to this thing or that which they live in fear of, I fear a number of intangibles. Since this is my more personal blog posting, let me get personal here.  I have been in and out of therapy for most of my life.  My parents divorced when I was 5, and this

Crossing the Bridges: Planning and Doing

Sometimes I am far better at the planning than I am at the actual doing. “Don’t plan the plan if you can’t follow through.”  – Dr. Horrible. The thing about plans is that they are nothing but words.  Without action they are nothing but ideas.  I can plan until I am blue in the face, but unless I take action I have nothing but ideas here. This is why I began to take New Year’s Actions, rather than resolutions.  What

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