
Dear future self
Despite many factors that conspire against us, you are still the one who controls the way you react and respond to your future. You have to take an active role in the curation and the architecture of your future self.
Writing is part of my meditative process to clarify my thoughts, to align my actions and to focus on my purpose. I write about my emotions, my shortcomings, and my ideas for a better world through poetry, prose, and what I call rantifestos every day, some of which I post here on my blog and on social media. I share them to help others move along their paths to live and lead with compassion.

Despite many factors that conspire against us, you are still the one who controls the way you react and respond to your future. You have to take an active role in the curation and the architecture of your future self.

In Buddhism and in martial arts there is this aspirational concept of the beginner’s mind. A mind free of assumptions, expectations, and a child-like enthusiasm for the new and the different. I often try to use my beginner’s mind, but most times the forces of habit, comfort and ego crush my inner child.

Am I a water bug dancing on the surface tension?
What’s in the dark waters below?
An iceberg for your thoughts
Can I summon the courage to dive?
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