I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.

An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.

A related recurring theme is the exploration of how we take for granted the things in our immediate environment that are common and ordinary. Existential blindness, of sorts.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

I also find the desert a wonderful metaphor for desolation and yet the exact counterpart of the ocean with its hidden depths. Both are vast, harsh, implacable, homogenous to the untrained eye, and beautiful. Bothallow the wind to roam on the surface. And both serve as wonderful vehicles for human survival stories.

Karma has been a pop culture term for ages. But really, what the heck is it?

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.