I bought my first motorcycle in 2006 and earned my license in the same year. That began an unforseen addiction which has seen me through nine motorcycles, thousands of miles, and opened doors I'd never seen before life on two wheels.
West Coast Swing is a partner dance that evolved from Lindy Hop, with influences from other dances including hip-hop, modern, jazz, and even country two-step. My dancing started with Lindy Hop and has transitioned into West Coast Swing. I'm always eager to learn other dances as well.
Ideas seem to fall out of my head with reckless abandon—or maybe they fall into my head. Either way, I constantly process the world around me and frequently come up with ideas. Some of them are crazy. Others are viable. A few have even been excellent.
Growing up, I'd head out to romp through the woods near my house for fun. Now I galavant around the nation. Soon, I plan to expand to the world. Adventures may not be fun while experiencing them but make for great stories afterward. I try to make them a fun experience even when the ride is rougher than expected.
Just because "it's always been done that way" doesn't mean that's the best way to do it—whatever "it" is. Instead of accepting the status quo, I seek to learn all that I can, understand why things are done the way they are, and figure out how different things work. Once I have those ingredients, maybe I can build a better mousetrap—or a better cat.
Stories—everyone has them, and everyone's stories are interesting. If I could travel the world capturing people's stories, I would. But, since I'm not yet doing said dream, I'll keep talking to those I meet and taking in one story at a time.
One reliable fact true for each person exists in their interaction with the rest of the world: you interact through yourself and yourself always. If you can control only yourself, then the best thing to control is yourself. I realized that I should learn and understand myself.
There exists a book that tells the story of superficially unrelated events intertwining in unlikely, yet verifiable interactions to produce the incredible. According to its pages, the story of the world is contained there along with fantastic promises and amazing predictions. I believe Jesus of Nazareth died and rose to life again. What about you?