a Declaration going forward · 6:56am Sep 22nd, 2020
five years, I think a large proportion of the planet can agree that the last five years have been... Not the most pleasant to say the least.
Hurricanes, fires, a deadly virus and if you believe some reports almost going into a second Civil War.
and that's just in the United States alone.
Not to mention the passing of icons like Leonard Nimoy, Robin Williams and Stan lee. As well as the passing of people who should be recognized as icons like Monty Oum.
for me personally over the last five years there has been a good number of misfortunes on top of that, a car wreck, my brother getting in different car wreck, the passing of two pets (three counting my brothers) the passing of both my grandparents, the passing of a good friend.
Although the last five years still left me in better shape compared to others.
So yeah the last five years have not been present for a great deal of people, me included.
with all this in mind nobody would blame me if I decided to just drop my story and leave it at that.
However that is not going to happen.
It may be audited to some people saying that after everything else I just said but let me share something with you.
I believe, absolutely, that things will get better. but more than that, I am going to work towards making it better on top of that. I refuse to let all of this misfortune, all of this cynicism, all of this dread beat me down to the point of surrender. I refuse to let the constant interruptions, the constant frustrations, the constant doom and gloom persuade me into giving up the things I want to do.
I am one of those who believe that stories have power and if my story can give somebody a respite from everything's been going on in their lives than that is even more reason for me to press onward.
I'm not going to wait for the new year and say "I'm going to make things better" instead my New Year's resolution starts now!
to other people who have some interest to my story I apologize for such a long delay. I hope you understand that the constant distractions, frustrations, and interruptions have hampered my ability to create up to now.
but when my friend who passed away in the year 2016 was having her health problems she still found time and energy to make her story for others.
I can't tell you much about her for various reasons but I will say this, if I don't try to put real effort into doing at least this much I don't know how I'll be able to face her on the other side.
Why am I typing all this? perhaps it's to confirm with myself my resolve, perhaps I want to explain myself to all of you, perhaps I hope that you too will find the resolve to not let everything that has happened for the last five years beat you down.
All I can say is this, I have faith things will get better, but I also have faith I can make things better with my own two hands if only a little.
and maybe that's enough.
Well I for one welcome you back. Welcome back and let's try to make the best future we can. And to push though the hard times.
Looking forward to more!