This means that I will live my life while I’m alive.

No one owns me except my Creator.

No one can put me in a box, a category, a social group, a voting block, or a classification.

I am fiercely independent, and with those aligned with me in common purpose, interdependent.

I know that with my freedom comes responsibility.

I take responsibility for my own actions, and I hold the bar high on myself.

I am not afraid to struggle, because it’s the struggle that makes me great.

I know that excellence always lies on the other side of inconvenience.

I am a learning machine.

I read, I confront brutal reality, I grow.

Long term, no one and nothing can defeat me, because I will keep coming back, stronger and better than before.

I will educate myself about the true principles of freedom, and I will strive mightily to preserve freedom for the next generation.

I rely on no man and no government to provide for me.

I will not follow the herd of mediocrity and victim-thinking.

I don’t follow herds, instead I run with a pack - a pack of Rascals.

Let others bask in their privileges, as for me, I will invest them in my purpose.

I will defy tyranny.

I will charge the hill.

I will make a difference.

I’m a Rascal!”

–Chris Brady, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-Selling Author of “Rascal“

I recently reviewed “Rascal” on both Amazon and Goodreads:

“Passion produces the Habit which creates the Mastery of Your innate Talent…and
all of us have an innate Talent”, is one of many takeaways from a single page of
Rascal.

Have you ever done a thing because you listened to your Inner
Voice, no matter what the masses say to you? “You are stupid for even thinking
doing so and so!” Yet, you did it anyway and were successful. If so, you are a
Rascal…and that is a wonderful thing.

Reading Rascal brought a smile to
my Soul as I remember questioning so many things others told me was the only way
to be or go…because those others will run with the masses no matter where
their path leads them, even if it is over a cliff to their ends. Rascal will
empower you if you are one of those who is Passionate about fulfilling your
Dreams no matter what they are. I still listen to others, yet I do not let them
control what I do or think…my Inner Voice has the final say on the Path to
creating the Life I wish to Live. Negativity will always try and obstruct the
paths we all wish to follow, Chris Brady’s character Obstacles is the
manifestation of that destructive force within all of us. When we use of innate
Strengths to overcome those destructive thoughts and words from others, we can
all achieve greatness and conquer whatever is blocking us.

I am a
Rascal.

On page 81, Chris Brady quotes Confucius; “To know what is right
and not do it is the worst cowardice”. Truth.”

Are you a Rascal too?  Find out by taking the “Rascalinity Test” after reading the book (there is an audio CD that comes with it as well).  Yeah, you can purchase a copy through Amazon or other places if you wish, but You and I are part of the same community.  The link below will take you to a community I am a part of…a community which you can join me in…and it’s called LIFE…wonderful, Peacefilled and Loving.  :)

Purchase Your own copy of “Rascal” by Chris Brady (enter my member number 61333727).

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
~ Teddy Roosevelt

I am…

flowing Peacefully…

with Time.

I see a little bird on the limb of a pine tree while sitting on my deck with Lucky at my side.  Lucky sees the Beauty too.

So Peaceful the bird seems.  I imagine the bird is looking for food as he jumps from limb to limb.  He seems the Way to me in this moment as we all see beautiful little birds.  As if to not have a care in the world other than looking for a meal…and food is plentiful.

Perhaps You, like me, imagine what it would be like to not be Human with all of our worries and stress in our lives.  Oh, to be free without cares as the beautiful little birds.

Now close your eyes and become the bird.  Imagine flight in Peace as you soar beneath the blue sky.  The winds are light and your eyes are bright as you fly among the trees with creatures of the land scurrying about beneath you.  Wonderful it is to fly.

In the distance, as I sit on my deck, I see a Hawk.  Hawks are birds of prey and beautiful they are as they soar with wings barely fluttering…looking for food.  As such, they not only swoop out of the heights of blue silently going after meals on the ground, they also swoop down upon anything smaller than they are…even in flight…and the beautiful little birds know this.  It is Nature.  It is a challenge all living creatures, including You and I, share in common.

Close your eyes again and remain the beautiful bird as he travels his chosen Path.  You are on the pine tree limb and your belly is full.  You want to go home to your mate and young.  You wish to share your meal with them.  And you know the Hawk is near, but you know not where.

Without Fear consuming you and with Strength and Love in your Heart…knowing your mastery of flight which gives you Power over any agression…you take to the air.  You fly quickly with purpose…and Passion is your Fuel.

You arrive safely with your family chirping loudly and with joy in their tiny, fast beating hearts.  You made it.  Peace is found and Love is there for all.

∞

All Life contains things which will stress us out…only if we let it.

Become the Bird…

and fly without Fear…

replace the stress with Passion…

and find the things you Dream of.

∞

“Cardinal”, 1991

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A Life Path with Courses Changing…

I spent one of my last few nights on my Little She with Lucky last night…

Whoever said the words, “The happiest day for a boat owner is the day he buys one and the day he sells one”, has never been to Sea…

He could not have been, for if he did, he is a cold one indeed…

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Letting go of a Thing used to be easy…

yet…

My Little She, the Sailing Vessel Cuddy…

is not just a Thing…

She kept me alive upon the Indigo Sea and Together She and I went through more than I could ever put into words…

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Letting go of My Little She has been one of the hardest things of my Life thus far…

yet…

I know there is Another out there with a Smile upon Her face…

waiting for She and I to set sail to ports unknown…

and cast lines upon a dock some Place…

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Peace and Love along the Way…

for it is not about the Destination…

it is About the Journey…

and the Voyagers will Rest.

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those are the ones we force down in order to progress along the Path...

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Author Interview

1. How did you come up with the title?
I began writing “Path of Three Hundred” while the images of
sailing alone on the Atlantic Ocean were still fresh in my head. I wondered what
I would title the book in the beginning and then just forgot about a title.
While writing a chapter in the last Part, “Part III: The Challenge”, the title
just hit me and became clear. Without spoiling too much of the story, it refers
on the surface to a compass heading.

2. Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
“Be in the Now and Flow with the
Present Moment of Time”. We can learn from past events in our lives, but they no
longer exist. We can also plan for the future, yet the events which have not yet
occurred do not exist either. Therefore, the are times in our lives where we
must remain in the Present and stay there in order to travel a positive path
filled with Love and Peace.

3. How much of the book is realistic?
The entire book is real. All of the events actually happened
exactly the way in which I wrote them. The only parts of this book which are
fictional are most of the character names, including my own.

4. If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your
book?
I have thought about this question quite a bit recently…this is
not the first time the question has been asked of me. At first, I said
emphatically, “No…I would not change a thing.” In thinking about it now as I
write this, I would consider adding to the ending a bit more. Yet, I will write
the next volume as soon as I finish another adventure on the sea, so given that
fact, perhaps the book ends the way it needs to end. :)

5. What was the hardest part of writing your book?
The most difficult part of writing
the book was re-living certain past events. Most of the time, I loved going back
in Time. All of the moments being on the sea, including the storms I battled,
are positive ones which bring me joy in the remembering. Certain events on land
however, are emotional in a painful way, yet remembering those events are in the
end positive because they make me Stronger as a human.

6. Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?
I wrote the book
in the third person. In doing so, I was able to “pull my Self out of the story”.
There are characters in “Path of Three Hundred” who told me how they felt and
acted while watching my progress at sea and on land. An aspect of writing in the
third person is “becoming” those other characters…putting my Self in their
shoes. This process created a perspective in me which I felt before, yet did not
know how much it would affect me until I wrote how they felt and acted. The
process humbled Me.

7. Do you recall how your interest in writing originated?
When I was a child, I loved hearing stories told by others
like my father and mother. I would go to my room and write fantastic stories of
adventure while the images were still fresh in my mind. Dad was a fighter pilot
in the United States Marine Corps, so his stories were always fantastic,
creating amazing images in my mind. I am an artist by training, an Architect, so
creativity has always been a part of me.

8. Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work?
Paulo
Coehlo is my favorite author. The images in my mind created by the stories he
tells are forever etched in my Soul. Images of Transformation, which is exactly
what “Path of Three Hundred” is all about.

9. Tell us your latest news.
I am getting prepared to move back to the San Francisco Bay Area
where I lived until 2004. I gave a “Talk” about the book and it’s message a few
weeks ago. Once the film of the Talk is edited, I will post it online and use
the film to hopefully get some speaking events lined up once I am back in
California.

10. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
Check out the reviews on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com.
People are finding aspects of the story which generates a Strength within them.
Even if that is not what you are looking for, the adventure on the surface is a
strong one. I’ve gotten messages from people who say stuff like, “I didn’t want
to put the book down because I felt like if I did, I would abandon you while you
were at sea alone.” These kinds of comments warm my Soul. Life is something we
are indeed all in together.

via Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways: Greg Frucci – Path of Three Hundred – Author Interview.

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"Peace is not something you wish for, it something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away."--Robert Fulghum

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I used to "what if" myself as a child, saying things like, "What if I fail at a thing?"

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