LIVING LIFE UNBOUNDED

Today I had a wonderful opportunity to tell my story in front of a group of about 50 people. I found myself splitting my life into two parts—the first part being that of a child and young man almost completely cut off from reality. My avoidance of pain and my shyness served to enliven my fantasy world to such an extent I transformed the real world around me into my own.

It wasn’t until "Part II" of my life, the part that begins with my starting therapy for Post Traumatic Stress and starting life over as a sober adult, that I began to become productive and put my fantasy world to use—as an artist and writer. In Part I, I couldn’t ever get things together enough to succeed for very long at any one thing. I was great at beginning things but terrible with follow-through!

Now that I have written two books, had a successful career as a photojournalist and exhibited and sold my art, I feel it is time to give something back to my fellow humans. What I have to give back is the map to my path of becoming more and more open. People seem to respond heartily to this. When I stand and share my light, I receive their light in return. The feeling is magical. It is one of total fulfillment, happiness, grace.

I finally think I’ve found the secret to life. It is living unbounded by anything. Opening up, knowing anything is possible—anything at all.