Lone Oak Blog

If you’re hiding anything or pretending to be someone you’re not, the human in front of you WILL FEEL something.

I try to ask people about things that matter. At times I succeed. But many times I’m so distracted with the grind in the world, busy-ness, things to do, loud noises, flashing lights, social media and television, it never happens.

So I stopped him for a moment, took a breath in silence and with a puzzled look on my face I asked, “Who are the people that matter most in your life?”

We’re so distracted by the world’s desire to keep us “snowed over” with the next best things that we forget what can truly make us happy.

“What I decided on that January day is that I can at least provide the starting line to the life others may desire.”

“The more I oppose the “ways of the world,” the more intense I can expect my challenge ahead.”

"I realized the habit ​I had ​unintentionally formed ​behind my own, closed, eyelids and in the dark, early morning hours of my own bedroom, was nothing less than sabotage."

The next time you experience a “missed expectation,” take a moment to yourself.

I began to enjoy "lightly guiding the steering wheel as opposed to a white-knuckled, death-grip with a glare in my eye and the pedal through the floorboard."