The Story of Sergeant Michael Goss

May 19

This is the story of SGT Michael Goss. He is living with post dramatic stress disorder. He cant sleep at night. He gets anxiety attacks and his marriage is going through war as well.

He killed himself. His soul.

Why? Not only because he killed an innocent 8 year old but also maybe because he killed himself. His soul.

He most probably started to suppress his feelings when they told him that it is fine. That everything will be sorted out afterwards.

We do the same. We suppress so many feelings because other people tell us that we should do now and deal with the consequences later.

Perhaps that is one of the many reasons we can’t sleep at night, we have anxiety attacks or our marriages fail.

Because we suppress our feelings and kill ourselves

Just perhaps…

me.

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Week 11: New Creativity

May 17

Next week it will be 3 months since I have been on Facebook.

In the past 2 weeks I have come to realize that my absence from FB has played a major role in my levels of creativity.

I wanted to share my thoughts with the world. Quickly. WordPress wasn’t enough, since it is too tedious. And Twitter is too cluttered with people who market their products or work [I'm one of those people...-]

So… this is where my creativity started to flow. I had this idea of building an app where people can share there wisdom with the rest of the world. No links. No click throughs. Just pure wisdom.

I decided to start working on a few concept designs. Below are 2 screenshots of this concept. It’s a work in progress, but I’m getting there.

Ill do a proper Design Post on my Behance Profile in a few days…


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Home

May 15
Somehow we allowed our physical homes to shape  and condition our perception of what the real world is supposed to be like…

We all have a home. A guardian of our identity. If we come to think of the place we grew up in, we realize it played a massive part of who we are today. It gave us identity. It speaks of us and to us, whether it be sorrow, pain, joy, laughter, performance, pressure, love, hatred, divorce or unity.

But somehow we allowed our physical homes to shape and condition our perception of what the real world is supposed to be like. We’ve come to think that life will always just remain a reflection of our homes. And we accept it that way. We perform. We strive. We struggle. We burn out.

But there is more to this story…

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Ali In The Jungle

May 07

I have recently done a post on an ad that was done for Nike. Its called The Human Chain. Here is the song they have used in the ad. It’s called Ali In The Jungle by The Hours.

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It’s, not, how you start, it’s how you finish,
And it’s, not, where you’re from, it’s where you’re at, 

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Different Worlds

May 04

I dont understand your world and you dont understand my world. And until we leave the safety of our own worlds, we will keep on judging & despising each other.

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Rejected

May 02

Whatever we struggle with in life comes from a mentality that we are still somehow rejected by God…

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ALL Gone…

May 01

Now this is quite a surprise… I installed a new theme and now ALL my previous posts are gone…

It kind of suck…-(

I’ll see, maybe I can fix it somehow.

 

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American Dream

Apr 22

I can accomplish anything I want to.

I can have any job I want. I can drive a Chrysler Crossfire. I can have the hottest wife/girlfriend. I can have property. Anything…

It’s called The American Dream.

The question is, should I? The question is, will it have value? The question is, who is it really about?

David Platt says something very striking in his book Radical; “The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American Dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.”

Our greatest asset is NOT our own ability. It is our worst enemy. It can destroy us. The most dangerous place for us to be is where we think that WE can accomplish anything. That’s what fuels pride. And pride leads to the fall.

The truth about accomplishing things by relying on our own ability is that it will be empty and have no value, because by ourselves, we are empty.

If we separate our ambitions and our ability to accomplish anything, from the Gospel of God [which says that we are nothing by ourselves], we might have the American Dream but we certainly will also die a typical American Death…

Hard words that I am confronted with, but words that is in season. And will have to stay in season my whole life.

May you be inspired…

me.

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Wilderness

Apr 19

The other night I went for a run. It crossed my mind for a second, “Should I take the wilderness route or the suburban route?” I took the wilderness route.

It was worth it. It is more difficult. A lot more difficult. But I had the opportunity to run up the vineyard hills that surrounds the city buzz to be completely alone [for some reason people dont run there...]. It’s a place where I can speak, think, dream & pray at the top of my lungs without people thinking I am crazy.

The beauty of the wilderness is that it does not only cleanse your body, mind and spirit, but it also fills and covers you with whatever is needed so that the troubles of life has no stronghold on you.

It prepares you.

We all need a wilderness. We need to visit it more often. It prepares us for life in the city buzz…

May you be inspired [to find and retract to your wilderness]

me.

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Week 3

Apr 17

It’s been 3 weeks now that I’ve been away from Facebook.

And the last 3 weeks I have also been without internet at home. That in itself has also been quite an experience. It’s amazing how much you get done if you dont have internet [I've read 2 and a half books already].

The greatest thing that I have started to realize is that digital platforms are here to stay. It will be integrated into our everyday lives. It will become part of us.

Way back when the radio came out, people gathered around it each evening for entertainment purposes. Now it is with us everyday. Everywhere.

Digital devices and platforms will take the same route. And I say digital devices and not social media, because I believe that social media is just and expression of technology. Social media [as we know it today] might not last, but it certainly will be replaced by something that will have a greater part of our lives.

And it might not even be a bad thing. That is how things changes. That is how things will be.

The most important part of any change is not whether it is good or bad, but whether I will allow it to master my life. Change is inevitable. And yes, I know, it is a cliche. But it is. It is real.

However, I will not allow it to master my life and steal from what matters most… Balance… [I'll write about this in the next unplugged post.]

So for now, I will explore the absence of Facebook for a little while more…

me.

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