30

Well it has come, I turn 30 today. For me birthday's often serve as a point of reflection on where I am, and what I have experienced in the last year, for that matter in all of my years. A time to recount the amazing blessings I have had, and curse with distain the misteps that have littered the path. But now it is different, I mean I am 30.

I am supposed to have this life figured out by now, right? But I have found that the more I thought I knew, the more ignorant I really am. So this milestone marks a new transition, to being the man I am capable of being, and living true to my heart.

So in true manifesto fashion I have designed some short navigational statements to keep me on track. Life is our journey, and that journey is only as rich as our experiences, those experiences only yield the amount of effort they were given, so from here on out it is committed effort only, in all aspects, all the time.

Here is my compass:
All out committed effort
Engage in the moment
Never settle
Actions louder than words
Abandon the recipe

Short and simple. No need to get carried away, but keep in mind the path is worn with desperate souls who knew they could do more.

Believe in yourself and grasp with both hands that which you hold dear.

If you see me, hold me brutally accountable, as I love you, and you are helping me.


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