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One Decision
A New Vocabulary for Living
Today is a new day…for me, for you.
I made a choice after many years of searching and researching how to live the life I wanted. Okay, so to you, this may not be rocket science, but to me, it’s a big deal. Making the decision to change my vocabulary actually came from the decision to change my life. This brief essay and those that will follow are my attempts at documenting the steps I took and the results I achieved. It is one way of many to change and ultimately begin anew.
You Never Change Things By Fighting The Existing Reality. To Change Something, Build A New Model That Makes The Existing Model Obsolete.- Buckminster Fuller
My plan is to create a magnificent adventure into the unknown, for this is the only place from which I can conceive new thoughts, new habits, and a new life.
My life has been a good one in so many ways. I am healthy. I have food, shelter, and companionship. I am grateful for each of these necessities and yet, I desire to live my life to its fullest. So, there are a few changes I have made in the past 6 years, all of which led me to today. Those changes are important enough for me to list them here before I go on.
Change #1 — In December of 2014, I attended a transformational weekend with The ManKind Project. My experience in life to that…
