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Odds are, if you picked up this book that you and I have a lot in common with one another. You more than likely live your day-to-day life going through motions that you learned long ago, having somehow lost sight of the man that you once believed that you would someday become. I lived almost as much of my life pretending that "I had it all figured out" as I have realizing that I wasn't even close.

It took a lot for me to see that the answers I was seeking were for questions that didn't matter much anyway, and the that few lessons that were of importance were the ones that were staring me in the face all along. I had a coach and tutor. And although there were many times that I felt lost and without my bearing, I came to discover that my mentor was beside me all along...keeping me on course and moving in the right direction. My mentor and his lessons brought me back home to the place that I am today. And I can show you how to do the same, for I have no desire to keep his wisdom a secret. The truth, I have come to find is a gift to be shared. The Mentor is the story of an ordinary man's understanding of relationship. It is an honest look at our attachment to our mothers and our bond with our fathers. It is a study in how we co-create a loving union with our chosen partner. It is a glance at how we form a connection with whatever it is that we individually define to be god, and ultimately how we create the most important relationship of all... The Mentor is a story of how we live and how we love and how we share ourselves authentically with the universe. Join The Mentor and me on an extraordinary journey through an ordinary life of a 21st century man. And just maybe, along the way, you might find what it is that you have been searching for all along too.

07/04/2024

Happy Birthday my love!!!! I went from Kennebunkport to San Diego and all I got you was this stupid poem. 😂 😝 😆 🇺🇸

"I once loved a girl with long crimson hair. I feared she might break me, but I didn't much care.

Her skin it was ivory and her eyes were deep blue...she opened her arms like a Christian might do.

We learned how to love with the innocence of youth. We sang of the banner, and practiced the truth.

Our star-spangled passion was one for the ages. We dog-eared our book as we turned all the pages.

We faced difficult battles together as one. Our commitment to each other would not be undone.

We fought off her father, and sent him back east. Across that great ocean, we pushed back that beast.

As adolescence escaped us, and adulthood crept in... Her porcelain matured to a more olive skin.

But our love it was strong, so it didn't seem strange. We knew the only constant in life...was change.

We raised loving children from sea to shining sea. Were the envy of all others. The family they longed to be.

We led by example, not edict or force. We practiced our ethics, and plotted our course.

So as the red faded, and her locks they turned grey...nobody noticed....or at least didn't say.

And when her eyes changed from bright baby blue... my brothers condoned it... "That's just what eyes do".

Yes, change is a given..."it's just what things do." I know right from wrong, and I'd bet you do too.

Yet today, as her copper bust is overlooking the coast.... I dreamt my true love had turned into a ghost.

An apparition or a phantom of a dream we once had. A reminder to all, that "good" can turn "bad".

Was our edict and constitution merely a ruse? The path she has taken, is nothing we'd choose.

Am I foolish to hold tight to the pacts that we'd made? To have faith and conviction in the price that we'd paid?

But "NO!" I exclaim, as if awaking from a terror. Everything that we stand for, cannot be in error!

If there's one thing I know of this woman I love..."Good"...it'll win. We will rise above.

So, on her 248th birthday...as I tell you our tale.... Let us never forget. Lady Liberty will prevail.

01/16/2020

I am pleased to announce that my second book is fully published and ready for digital purchase for only $3.99. It's a fiction story that takes place amidst the Great Recession, centering around the unbreakable bond between a man and his dog. I'll bet you the price of admission that you'll enjoy every mile. I am proud of this one, and am eager for you to come along for the ride. Also available in paperback on Amazon or from me directly.

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09/25/2018

We’re a few weeks from the launch of my second book. Stay tuned for details, and thank you for the support!

02/21/2016

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02/18/2016

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06/23/2013

"If I am going to be selfish about anything, let it be my unsolicited opinion."

06/19/2013

"In the game of life, your real friends are the ones that don't keep score."

10/03/2012

"It's impossible to genuinely love another if you don't begin at the source. Loving You."

09/12/2012

"A kind word is never shared with a wasted breath..."

09/10/2012

And on one otherwise ordinary day Claude Monet said, "If only I could paint..."

08/10/2012

"Try not to take yourself or your situation so seriously...I assure you that nobody else does."

Live and love well today.

08/02/2012

"If you spend your days feeling that having money is the key to your happiness, you are destined to live without both. If instead you recognize that being happy in all that you do is the key to your wealth, I have a hunch that you'll achieve both."

07/27/2012

"What's all this talk about not judging others?"

"I judge people all of the time."

I judge them as trustworthy, genuine, kind, good, worthy of love etc...and with few exceptions, my judgment has proven to be spot on."

Live and love well today.

07/18/2012

The chapter of my life that began today shall read:

"And he lived happily ever after..."

What chapter are you on?

Live and love well today...there's really no other way. ;-)

06/26/2012

"The man who finds infinite peace with where he stands today, more often than not gets to where he wants to be much sooner than the man that is sprinting towards his finish line."

Live and love well today...

06/19/2012

"An inspired man knows well all of his shortcomings. It's the fool that recognizes all of the ways that he outshines everyone else."

Live and love well today.

05/31/2012

It took a lot of growth for me to realize that all the times that I was told "Perception is everything", that it's not others perceptions that matter. It's only yours, and the way that you see you and your life unfolding.

Write your story well. You are the author as well as the reader, and the plot and outcome can be all that you've dreamt it to be!

05/23/2012

True friends are like the structural beams of your house. Sure, they are there to keep your home intact during the storms that life may throw your way. They are there to hold you up.
But at the end of the day, its the comfort of "just knowing" that they are there that allows you to sleep well at night.
And being a good friend...is the greatest gift you can give yourself.

05/16/2012

"As long as your heart and mind are open to the road ahead of you, any path will get you there."

Live and love well today.

04/27/2012

Despite all interfering logic, never discount the possibility of a miracle just when you need it most.

04/24/2012

Your happiness is directly tethered to your outlook on life. So what'cha gonna do about it?

04/16/2012

"The best thing about having a good friend is getting to be one..."

04/13/2012

"For every man that you can show me who has not made a big mistake or two in his life, I'll show you a guy who hasn't begun to reach his potential."

04/05/2012

"The man that shares only peace and love with the world, cannot keep it from himself."

03/19/2012

An inspired man learns to set his goals not on becoming wealthy, but in becoming a man of value. And he knows that the two can be very, very different.

Live and love well today...

03/05/2012

"What a beautiful thing it is when friends grow into lovers... Yet not much is sadder than the lovers, that grow merely into friends."

02/28/2012

"Pretty much everything is beautiful. It just takes a beautiful perspective to see it..."

02/21/2012

"You'll win, the day that you stop keeping score"

02/14/2012

"Love is a bridge and not a fence. Love is a hawk on a wing rather than a tortoise in his shell. Why would anybody choose to crawl in heavy armor when he could fly freely unless he didn't know any better? Now we do know better and although the hawk and tortoise are born from eggs that appear exactly the same to the untrained eye, it is only by their intention that one produces a winged adventurer and the other a lethargic land-dweller. We can fly if we choose, and we can do so on the wings of love." The Mentor page 200 Living and Loving Freely.

Live and love well today. Give your Valentine all the love you have to give.

02/10/2012

When you know in your heart that you are doing the right thing...nothing else really matters. And when you know in your heart that you are not doing the right thing...nothing else really matters.

You'd think that that would take a lot of guesswork out of life for a guy.

Live and love well today. And do the right thing too. :-)

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