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Today I received an email from Jeff McBride.  It contained a message from Jordan Wright, a talented artist, both as magical performer and filmmaker.

Judging Success

How do you judge yourself and your success? Do you look at your career and see completion or do you see room for growth? Many magicians might choose to measure their success by how many shows they have done. Others might choose to measure only by the amount of money they make. The…

It doesn’t matter what I do so long as I do it.

Seek first the Kingdom of God.  Then all prayers will be answered.

Seek the inner, rather than the outer.  Seek first to love and understand.  What matters now and forever is the spirit.  What matters now is Life and that I do it as my soul wills.

I’ve natural abilities that are to serve this mission in Life.

To honor God and all that is I must use my talents, sharing them with…

“It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth.” – Albert Einstein

The wall calendar of my high school sophomore Biology class had that above quote from Einstein printed on it.

I had no idea what the heck it was supposed to mean.

At the end of the school year I asked my teacher, Mrs. Higney, if I could have the…

Halloween Magic

Performed my annual mingling magic show at UMASS last night at Franklin Dinning Commons. The first group was such a great start to the night. The first person picked the Three of Clubs

(Stephanie’s Card) and then the next person picked…

The Art of Not Doing

I forget where I first heard about this concept. It was probably a Dalia Lama idea from one of his books or perhaps I found it in a Carlos Castaneda book. At first I didn’t understand it.

How can we do something that is a “not doing?” But just the other day the

answer was revealed to…

Good news! My class at Westfield State University has been cancelled due to lack of interest. As conciliation prize I am offering the class as an online course for free. The

class is called “Journey of Discovery: awaken your inner power” and is a four

week course. Each week you will receive a new lesson via email. The lesson

topics are perspective, adversity,…

Last night was stressful.

I work eight and a half hours a week at Fresh Acres in Springfield, MA and last night there was a threat of an upcoming inspection by headquarters. The inspection would test the quality of my work

according to sanitation requirements.…

Two friends were sitting in a park.

They sat in silence for several moments on this sunny afternoon when suddenly one friend turned to the other and said, “What are you thinking about?”…

June 13, 2010

12:56AM

I have decided to sell my fiancée’s engagement ring so that I may make good on the many debts I accumulated when she passed away just a day after I picked it out for her.…

Late one night, as I walked across the railroad tracks on a dark lonely road, a tree spoke to me. I thought it was odd for a tree had never spoken to me before. Because of the special circumstances I listened closely to what the tree had to say. "You are on a journey of discovery," said the tree. "But where am I to journey to?" I asked, "And what am I to discover?" The tree never answered my questions. I don't believe the tree was trying to be rude, rather I believe that the wisdom of the…

I visited my best friend yesterday. It's been sometime since I visited her last. I think I've only been there once since the return from my bicycle trip. I didn't plan on going there and I was a little hesitant when the idea popped into my head. I've been doing really good lately and I didn't want to stir up emotions that may still be laying dorment in my mind.

It was my first official day…

On a walk

Today

Recognized the true nature of the phrase “I Love You.”…

After two and a half years of writing, editing, rewriting, re-editing, sharing and setting aside and writing some more and editing some more, my book is finally finished…and published! “It Just Happened the Other Day: A True Story” began on a quiet park bench late in the evening one mid summer night as the air turned purple and a storm flashed lightening in the far off…