Become a Creator

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Journal of a Wayward Philosopher
Become a Creator

July 8, 2016
Hot Springs, VA

Let them be creators, not followers. Followers have a certain mentality, and independent creators a quite different mentality. We want creators – people who find solutions by themselves, who have their own conceptions of right and good, and who are capable of independent, righteous action. Followers don’t do that. To get the creator mindset, you have to get out of the way and let them rise to the occasion. Make sense? ” – Phillip Donson, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men

The S&P closed out Thursday at $2,097. Gold closed at $1,362 per ounce. Crude Oil closed at $45.14 per barrel, and the 10-year Treasury rate closed at 1.39%. Bitcoin is trading around $652 per BTC today.

Dear Journal,

Wife Rachel took it upon herself to take me out on a date earlier this week! She had recently discovered a picturesque country inn nestled in the heart of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, and she thought it was just the place for me. So we traveled an hour’s worth of winding country roads even deeper into the mountains of Virginia on a misty Tuesday night. Continue reading “Become a Creator”

Of Life and Entropy

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Journal of a Wayward Philosopher
Of Life and Entropy

March 23, 2016
Hot Springs, VA

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
Albert Einstein

The S&P closed out Tuesday at $2,049. Gold closed at $1,248 per ounce. Crude Oil closed at $41.22 per barrel, and the 10-year Treasury rate closed at 1.94%. Bitcoin is trading around $415 per BTC today.

Dear Journal,

For all of recorded history man has pondered the meaning of life.

I remember grappling with the question myself as a youngster a few short decades ago. Back then I was fully immersed in institutionalized society. That is to say, the majority of my time and energy was spent satisfying the demands and requirements of institutions – a public school in my case. Continue reading “Of Life and Entropy”