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   Will there be a deal on Ukraine? When will anyone in Israel or Palestine try something different? Will Europe ever get its act together economically? Where will the borders be drawn in the greater Middle East? Will a stable equilibrium emerge in East Asia? Will there be a deal over Iran's nuclear program? Where is Afghanistan headed? Will Obama's climate change gambit work? Will the United States, its allies, and other concerned countries come up with a better approach to "violent extremism" of the sort represented by al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and others? Can Western democracies roll back the "surveillance state"? Will North & South America's gang & drug cartel violence ever seize to exist? When will the kidnapped Nigerian girls be returned to their families? Can democratic oppositions' peaceful nonviolent tactics prevail over dictatorships? When will we act upon the knowledge that our planet is abundant enough for all its species to prosper? 

   These are some of the issues troubling governments globally today, and they can all be traced down to love. We are doing too much for ourselves, and too little for others; yet happiness truly comes from what we give, not what we get. Success isn't getting power & money; success is giving in to love, peace, happiness by working on humility, forgiveness, gratefulness, faith, service to others & God. We will keep falling to temptation where we are weak, but that's ok, because we will self-examine & work on ourselves one day at a time. Every day we will fall less, and every day it will be easier to persevere. And we must not judge those who fall again, because that only makes it harder to get back up. We must encourage, because like us they are trying, and eventually will succeed. "If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that?" Make the world better every opportunity you get to speak. There are no small acts of kindness, because kindness is contagious

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Happy Memorial Day✌️🌻❤️☀️

   I'd like to express my solidarity to those families who have lost their loved ones in service to their country, and to those families who live in fear of losing those who still serve today. Not only in this country, but all countries in the world; because we are all brothers & sisters in Reality. Whether the fight was for a good reason, or whether there's ever a good reason to fight, who am I to judge? But I do believe that the right way to honor their memory this Memorial Day, is by finding peace in sharing our differences with our brothers & sisters. To learn from them, and to learn that differences can be good. Happy Memorial Day✌️🌻❤️☀️ 

Regarding those we lost, I believe they will always be with us...and we will meet again.

Whole Again

   After 7 years of not coinciding to be all together under the same roof, last week we were whole again. Thank you God for this, and for the journey that brought us back here. We've been lonely, we've cried, we've fallen, but gotten back up and learned. We can now laugh about it all together once again, yet we know the obstacles will keep coming our way. So we'll keep falling, learning, and getting back up again with the faith that it's all part of Your perfect plan. Thank you for the lessons learned from outlandish experiences, and all that's next. Ahh the stories we can now tell...we've received such wonderful gifts. Los amo tanto mis lindos.

The three things - Las tres cosas

At one point, when I was a little boy, I decided my life journey would be about 3 things:

1) To keep growing as a human being, by collaborating with and helping others
2) Finding my greatest passion and doing that for a living
3) Finding my soulmate and getting to know true love

It's been a journey towards happiness, surrounded by more obstacles, distractions, and extraordinary circumstances than I could've imagined back then. But today, I'm as determined to stay true to my good values, and remain on that path. Here's to doing the best we can from this moment on.











En un momento, cuando yo era un niño pequeño, decidí que mi camino por la vida sería para 3 cosas:

1) Para seguir creciendo como un ser humano, colaborando y ayudando a otros
2) Encontrar mi mayor pasión y hacer eso para ganarme la vida
3) Encontrar a mi alma gemela y llegar a conocer el verdadero amor

Ha sido un camino hacia la felicidad, rodeado por más obstáculos, distracciones, y circumstancias extraordinarias de lo que podría haber imaginado en ese entonces. Pero hoy, estoy tan decidido como antes, a permanecer fiel a mis buenos valores y mantenerme en ese camino. Esto va por hacer lo mejor que podamos de este momento en adelante.

Mi meta y mi sueño mas grande es tener a mi familia cerca el resto de mi vida y tener la capacidad de darles todo lo que quieran en este mundo.