Risk means losing your balance

2012/01/26 by
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily.  To not dare is to lose one’s self.” Soren Kierkegaard, the Danish Existential Philosopher and Theologian said that.  I love Keirkegaard’s work because he explores our emotion and choice when we as people face big life decisions. “Facing a big life decision” is a fancy way of [...]

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Coming Clean

2012/01/09 by
The X-Rays of my hips immediately after surgery. You can see the screws attaching the socket to my pelvis.

[Update: I want to greet all the readers from the Arthritis Foundation.  After @Arthritis_Org tweeted this post today, site visits have increased more than I could have expected.  Thanks, you guys, for stopping by to read.  We're all in this together, and I'm glad to share my story with you all.  Thank you for being [...]

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GlutenFree Allergy Sucks (Except When It Doesn’t)

2010/03/23 by
MMMMM....Gluten

Take a blood test.  Submit to the needle invading your arm.  Send off for the results. When I got the results back, they confirmed my nutritionist’s suspicions: my body had developed an allergic reaction to gluten.  That was December 2007.  That month was my last gluten hurrah.  I haven’t eaten most grains, OR beer, since.  But [...]

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