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#WhyIAmASolo - Fewer Names To Remember

#PoetryFriday - Tree

We spend our lives yearning for love, regardless of the risks, don't we?

Tree

He climbed to the top of the tree
His hands gripping the bark
with the strength of a wild animal
Clawing his way
to his goal.
He stopped to look down
and was afraid.

The forest floor beneath him
seemed far away.
The sounds and smells
eluded him.
His senses blurred
in a symphony
of rarified air
and passing birds
singing of freedom
won
and lost.

The branches reached out
in many directions.
Each one was a path
to take
or to ignore.

How could he choose?
How could he decide?

How could he not?

He carefully moved towards the most beautiful cloud.
it seemed to have the most substance
and the branch,
while rough,
was sturdy and sinewy.

He moved ever closer
to the end of the branch.
He smelled the leaves
and touched the moist bark.
They caressed him
and drew him
to the heavenly cloud.
It beckoned him
with an outstretched hand.

Did he dare
to look behind
to see what passing stranger
might be behind him?
Did he dare
to wonder
whether the limb
would support his weight?

Did he dare
to love again?

You Are Human - You Get To Choose

Ryan Holiday writes today about choice. It is uniquely human to have choice. We can choose to be good or evil. And, we get the same choice every day. So, human, choose.

"Epictetus said that our “most efficacious gift,” what distinguishes humans from other animals, the essence of human nature, is the faculty of choice. Each person has the choice to be good or bad, to love or hate, to be strong or weak, brave or cowardly. Marcus Aurelius’s writings are, in a sense, his wrestling with making the right choices. They are his attempt to answer the incredibly difficult question he had been confronted with as a result of circumstances he didn’t choose: You have been made emperor, what kind of emperor will you be? What kind of person will you be?

“I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil,” Marcus wrote, “and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own.” We have good and evil, beauty and ugliness, in each of us. The question today is which are you going to choose to lean toward? What are you going to choose to cultivate? The choice is yours.

And the answer is everything"

What The Health Documentary - It Will Give You Pause

For a lifelong meat eater, this documentary was life changing. I have never thought of myself as a crusader, or revolutionary, or anything but an ordinary human. But, 5 minutes after watching this, I decided to give the Vegan lifestyle a try. I have made some radical life changing decisions recently, and have a bad habit of being impulsive on occasion. But, this feels right. Watching this may not change your mind about eating meat and dairy; but, it will enlighten you. I have always been a supporter of animal rights, and have represented animal rights organizations in the past. But, I always thought their vegan diets were extreme. No more. Eat, pray, love.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Need To Take Surveys Of My Employees

Virtual Bar Association - A Place To Call Home

Virtual Bar Association - Home. I just joined another voluntary Bar Association, hosted by friend, Andrea Cannavina, the Virtual Bar Association. The VBA promises to be a great repository of knowledge beneficial to those of us in the virtual space, with library, subject matter experts, and Bar discounts with products and services. Okay, Andrea, you're on.

#WhyILiveInFlorida - I Don't Need A Website To Find A Park - I Live In A Park

The Coolest Urban Parks in the World | The Discoverer. It is ironic that many people, millions of them, want to live in a concrete jungle of skyscrapers, and paved streets and sidewalks, along with millions of other people, all of whom seem to be walking on the sidewalks and driving on the streets at the same time. Then, they spend their time and money looking for parks in the middle of the urban landscape. They even have websites that tell them how to find a small patch of green in the middle of the concrete. Some of us are happy living in a place that is a large park, dotted with buildings that are not skyscrapers. If I want a park, I just go out the front door and walk four blocks to Bird Lake. Jeez.

Unihertz Atom - Small, Rugged And Fast

Amazon.com: Unihertz Atom, The Smallest 4G Rugged Smartphone in The World, Android 8.1 Oreo Unlocked Smart Phone with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM: Cell Phones & Accessories. I have been looking for a tiny, but high end spec, smartphone for a long time. I want a phone that is ruggedized, but still small and light. It has to be waterresistant, for swimming and outdoor use, and has to run a current version of Android. The Atom fills the bill, and fits in my hand like a small candy bar. This photo should tell the tale. Less than $300 for a 4G smartphone that is fast and good. Amazing.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Need To Hire Consultants

#WhyIAmASolo - Practicing Law On The Road

Creating an RV Desk out of an RV Dinette. I am looking forward to my new law office on the road. I can imagine looking out at a Montana sunset, or a Louisiana bayou, or a Grand Canyon sunrise from my RV home, while I realize my dream of having the ability to access the Internet, create documents, communicate with anyone in the world, and just generally be footloose and fancy free. No need to pay for high priced hotels in tourist destinations. No need to scramble for desk space in a tiny hotel room Why not bring the office with you? Here is my first RV improvement project that I have planned. This guy gets it. See you out on the road.