akaMaytag

Get Up and F'n RUN This morning at 0600, I got a reminder from my calendar that read " Get up and f'n RUN ". It would be my first attempt in a very long time and I had no idea what to expect. I knew I was going to give it a go and take whatever I got but, I was going to put one foot in front of the other. Okay, it was more of a walk/jog than a run but, I did it and I didn’t puke! Similar to most things in life, it was not a horrible as my imagination had pictured. I was present in the moment of a beautiful Fall morning. Present with the discomfort, the small victories, and simply being outside and moving. Listening to music has always been very powerful and a double-edged sword. Giving rise to many emotions and thoughts. I have listened to songs that spoke strongly to me and some that made me realize that someone else understands how I feel. This morning as I ran, a song did just that. It made me realize that all the time I have spent searching for my purpose and...

Welcome to akaMaytag! This is about my journey to discover just who in the hell I am. This has been a constant struggle throughout my life. I almost never felt like I really fit in with any group. I can be part of and contribute, but, when it comes down to it, I am an outsider, and just maybe, that is what I am meant to be. Bear with me and I will try to explain. For most of my life I felt lost and invisible no matter the situation. I have never been a fan of labels whether they be self-given or societal. To me, if you label yourself as this, you are divided from that. Too many feel the necessity to be against “opposite labels” and that has never made sense to me. What if, I agree with both of you and, I disagree with both of you? Not everything, just the pieces that exclude others, or that are unkind, or oppose considering different thinking. No matter how hard we try to deny it, every single one of us has bias and pre-judge others? Unless of course you are Nelson Mandela, the Dalai ...