The Free Piper

03/16/2026

03/16/2026

03/15/2026

I dream a world by Langston Hughes

03/10/2026

I am now just over 10 hours into a 72 hour fast. This is a painful process that develops self-control, self-discipline, self-awareness and greater degrees of consciousness.

"We cannot learn without pain." ~Aristotle

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain." ~Carl Gustav Jung

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quite. Only through the experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~Helen Keller

"We suffer more often in imagination than we do in reality." ~Seneca

"Stop perceiving the pain you imagine, and you'll remain completely unaffected." ~Marcus Aurelius

Every quote was memorized by heart for good reason.

I will likely drop from 165.6 lbs down to the mid 150s. Let's go.

03/09/2026

"The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer

03/07/2026

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." ~Confucius

"Only through the heart can you touch the sky." ~Rumi

"Your vision will become clear only when you look in your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." ~Carl Gustav Jung

03/07/2026

Precision Jump, Cat Leaps, Open Water Swim, Nunchuck Flow, Railing Walk

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

"It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." ~Socrates

03/05/2026

In times of war it is always wise to remember...

"All cruelty springs from weakness."
~Seneca

03/05/2026