Journal
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TotTM – Chapter 3: Follow the Beauty
September 10, 2026 Today, I’m back at Chattahoochee Food Works, sitting at a more secluded yellow table outside the building. It’s 12:24 p.m., which means I have about an hour before I need to return to my place and get ready for work. I usually leave my room between 2:10 and 2:20 p.m. My commute…
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TotTM – Preface & Chapter 1
I’ve wanted to write a book for years, but I can never seem to finish any of the more ambitious projects I start. Lately, I’ve been binge-reading Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and it’s given me a newfound inspiration for how to approach this lifelong ambition. As I understand it, Dinniman began publishing chapters…
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The Silent Truth
I must admit: I find myself in a strangely unsettled season of life. I’ve neglected this blog for far too long, and tonight—of all nights—I watched The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried. For reasons I can’t fully explain, that was enough to loosen something in me. I feel compelled to write. I don’t…
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The Illusion of Self and the Ever-Presence of Love
What first drew me to Buddhism was the idea of non-self—the insight that the “self” as we know it is an illusion. At first, this concept can feel deeply counterintuitive. From the moment we’re born, we are flooded with the markers of identity: our name, our birth weight, the exact time we entered the world.…
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1.21.24
At this pivotal moment in my life, a month after my 29th birthday, I find myself in a state of introspection and growth. As a professional athlete might be at their peak, I, too, feel at a prime of sorts, albeit in a different context. This period has been marked by a profound connection to…
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Cafe BJJ #1: The Remembering
Many people see a prophet differently than me. They often see it as someone who can predict the future. I see it as someone who brings you back on your proper path in life. I have a handful of activities that I love to do, but with all the distractions of modern society, it can…
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language as a bloom
Similar to the blooming of a flower is what language is to human evolution. The stem patiently grows and grows until it blooms into Beauty itself. Once out for the world to see, it blesses us with its spores that plans a more beautiful future. Language allowed for humans to imagine a better dialogue of…
