My Wishbone Is My Backbone
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The Autobiographical Philosophy
"One day my life will flash before my eyes. I am making sure it's worth watching."
My Attitude Is Still Getting Me Altitude!
1971
The Schlitz Beer Epiphany
In 1971, Schlitz Beer commercials on my B&W TV depicted adventurous men diving for gold, sailing the 7 seas. These images planted the seed of adventure in my young mind.
"Go for the gusto! ... you only go around once in life"
This commercial became the anthem for a generation seeking adventure and authentic living. It was the beginning of understanding that life is finite and precious.
Life Awakening
The Earth School Revelation
Note to self: The earth school kills all of its students. Life is like rowing out to sea in a boat that has a hole in the bottom. Success without fulfillment is failure.
So go for the gusto: Have as much joy and fun and fulfillment.
Yet doing the right thing at the wrong time equals pain. I would recommend that everyone who wanted to travel, do it immediately. Sooner rather than later. Gather no moss.
Digital Age
The Celestial Jukebox Era
The digital convergence and celestial jukeboxes (Cell Phones, TV's, Computer Screens) are the soundtrack and sound bytes of our lives - But the content is somebody else's point of view.
What is deeply personal is universal yet what gives our lives meaning and gravitas is our own Autobiography.
Telling our own story is not something that we're taught how to do. If we learn how to mine our own experience, we can find answers to the great questions of life.
Philosophy
The Universe's Perfect Books
The universe keeps a perfect set of books.
We are unique just like everybody else - There is above all, the uniqueness of our own story. That's what gives us the sense of inhabiting our own lives. I think that the majority of people never get inside their own lives.
The difference between living mythically (The American Dream) and living autobiographically (The YOUniverse) where your wishbone becomes your backbone.
Hemingway's Wisdom
Making It Up So Truly
"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best – make it all up – but make it up so truly that later it will happen" - Ernest Hemingway
We are all living holograms, and can find answers to the deep questions of life simply by telling our own stories. Our lives are shaped — and occasionally misshaped — by the stories we tell about ourselves.
The Autobiographical Philosophy is the love of telling your own story!
I have been using my travels as a kind of mirror, a hologram of the age I am living in. The American psyche has always been based on glorifying the individual, but for the past few years it's been more about finding a community of people I belong with, discovering my connections with all life—human or otherwise!
Present Journey
Boldly Going NoWhere Now HERE
I'm not a Starfleet commander, or T. J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-170... or own a phaser. I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock, but I am boldly going nowhere now HERE fast.
You are Here. Travel with me.