Article 2/365 of Jacques’s Writing Quest I read Don Miguel Ruiz’s, The Four Agreements. A Practical Guide For Personal Freedom a while ago. The book explores the four agreements: “Be impeccable with your word”, “Do not take anything personally”, “Do not make assumptions”, and “Always do your best”. I want to explore, “Be impeccable with […]
Article 1/365 of Jacques’s Writing Quest I never considered non-attachment until someone I loved left me to start a new life overseas. I’d heard that attachment leads to pain and suffering. And, in my case, and in this instance, it was spot on. I was devastated. It must have taken me a year for me […]
ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ꜱɪxᴛᴏ ʀᴏᴅʀɪɢᴜᴇᴢ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘꜱ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ. When I was a soldier in the 80s humping my kit from ambush to ambush, from patrol to patrol, through interminable heat, sand, boredom and futility, Sixto Rodriguez (July 10, 1942, Detroit — August 8, 2023, Detroit) was our guy. […]
The other day something strange happened to me. I manifested money out of what seemed to be thin air. It was a small miracle. It was surreal. Hence, the Salvador Dalí theme. A client of mine owed me 10k. I saw that he was on holiday in the UK. Mmm. For a brief second I […]
There are two types of people that drive the world: ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛᴇʀꜱ. These people are the star actors, and the rest are the supporting cast. All other roles are subordinate to them. They’re the trees that supply us with oxygen. There’s a pecking order between these two stars, however. There’s a notion that being […]
