I read an news headline Nov 5, 2016 declaring Hilary Clinton wins by 99%. I recall thinking, interesting number, how does that make me feel? Recollecting a marketing study on numbers we as human will readily accept as “valid” assertions without much thought, 99% was not one of them. Another erroneous data point not grounded in fact or truth I thought, annoyed. Adding to the growing annoyance that initially started vexing my soul on Sept 11, 2001. Where was the challenge to the presented narratives? When did we stop thinking?

Some will argue the better question is “when did we start thinking”? Much deeper subject for a later post.  Along my journey I recall a quote attributed to Pablo Picasso “You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.” which sums up my journey to this moment. A blog to share my thoughts, which morphed into the idea of a podcast. Yeah that’s it! I worked up plans thought out some concepts bought a domain name, or two. I recruited helpers and then… Nothing. I had focused on the what to do landing hard on my internal challenge question “why do it”? What information do I bring to the table that isn’t already being covered? The plethora of source martial for any subject is available via social media, the web, etc is rather exhaustive. Information is at the finger tip. Add one more source, what value would it add to anyone’s life? Not to be construed as a point of self-defeat. To the contrary, my thought centered on impact. Would my impact be positive, negative or unremarkable i.e. the talking head rooted in vanity of personality vs the substance of reality? ‘My vague idea as it turned out was an elusive idea. I had not answered the fundamental question “why do what I was planning to do”? Life rolled on.

I lead a men’s group for 12 years. As well performed in the role of behavioral counselor. In a strange twist of irony, the premise of these two functions was my why. In a fit of conflation I simply missed the forest for the tree. “Who told you that and why do you believe it”? Realizing I unconsciously hit my own internal safety, “I will never tell anyone what to think but I will challenge them to think”. Understanding, forced compliance of thought achieved by commission of lies or omission of information fails every time. The byproducts of which are absolutely destructive to truth concerning the intelligent design of individuality.

My vague idea has become a journey of a thousand steps, welcome to step one.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton