The Lifestyle Document Structure
To get the ball rolling and provide more clarity and direction on The Lifestyle Document, I wanted to take this opportunity to explain the structure of how this article and future articles will fit together as pieces of this puzzle that is unfolding before your eyes.? For those family, friends and colleagues who know me well…right about this time as they are reading this sentence...both corners of their lips will have already started ever so slightly (or not so slightly) start becoming elevated and ever so gently curving upward in an increasing smile with an ever increasing effort to not start laughing too loudly so as not to disturb their coworkers and neighbors.? During this same time period, perhaps some thoughts or even barely audible vocalizations will come forth along the lines of…”Oh boy...” or perhaps…”Here we go…” or more than likely…”What were they thinking when they decided to mess with him…aye carumba…”, etc.? However, I am also very confident that these same people who know me…also know what I am doing here is for GOOD.
As such, I will be putting together summary articles for The Lifestyle Document as LinkedIn articles – which will come in various forms and means of communication.? These are also giving me a creative outlet…while staying on message.? That message being…what am I ?doing to stay healthy from a holistic perspective of mind, body, and spirit…while maintaining a personal philosophy of forcing GOOD into things I do as well as sharing positive energy and messages in the face of dealing with difficult and challenging situations.? While I rely heavily on metaphors and analogies, as well as trying to inject some humor when making comparisons between things grouped as GOOD versus EVIL or in the words of Jordan Peterson from his book “Beyond Order”…CHAOS.? I like his use of the word CHAOS as a way to keep things non-denominational and in reality actions purposely taken to prevent GOOD things from being accomplished….in and of itself can be defined as CHAOS….because that’s what it is and unfortunately we live in a world today where there is more CHAOS drowning out GOOD things and hence we live in the society...we have created today. ?I will use this segway as another example for the structure of these articles in that I will also write up reviews of some books that I have read that in some way help explain or reinforce my philosophy as part of The Lifestyle Document.? I will also share some short fictional and non-fictional stories that I have written in the past and create new ones….with the intent of sharing the pieces of the puzzle for the message I am trying to deliver….on my philosophy and lifestyle in regards to my health journey and my current personal living nightmare.
Another point of clarification is that I am sure my friends and colleagues will be the first to admit…as will I…that for better or worse…I have a tendency to carry on several conversations on different topics within one primary conversation….including with just one other person.? However, these multi-conversations are not just someone ranting…quite the contrary, it’s just another way to provide examples, support, and discussion points regarding the primary conversation.? Please keep this in mind when reading what I write or when I use other creative mediums…like websites…to convey whatever message or topic at hand.? In a separate but related note, I also regularly tell people to Keep The Faith in terms of what I am doing and how I am doing it….as well as the messaging because at the end of the day…or in the case the conversation….I will circle back to the primary conversation…so all will not be lost.? When I tell people to Keep The Faith…I know what that means to me, but I do not know what that means to you and that is for you and only you to decide…not me.
While I am a confirmed Catholic, I do not consider myself to be a practicing Catholic in the sense of going to church or following religious observances.? This is partly due to my life’s experiences as well as having traveled around to various locations around world…listening and learning to try and understand…and appreciate…other people’s beliefs, cultures, and faith.? In a similar fashion though, while I enjoy hearing about such topics, I do not appreciate these things being forced upon me….no more than anyone else would appreciate me forcing my beliefs on anyone.? We are all given free wills to choose what we believe in and how we go about keeping that faith…in whatever is powerful enough to give us such faith…especially during challenging times and difficult situations.? My intent of sharing my philosophy and The Lifestyle Document is not meant to change anyone’s faith…quite the contrary…I hope what I write can give people hope and the positive energy that is needed to have the level of faith I have…so they can have the same level of faith in whatever they believe in.? These writings are about a philosophy on how I have chosen to live my life and how I am dealing with this health journey and my personal situation.?
As more information continues to come out on my personal situation…both from me sharing it as managed communications…as well as the unethical (illegal?) release of my medical and other personal and confidential information within a Big Red organization, upon which I parted ways for lack of response to what I was reporting on the situation in Cayuga County and elsewhere…I write these articles to help explain what is probably the most common question that I get…both verbally and nonverbally…which can be simply stated as “How are you dealing with all of this..???”? For those people who may just be joining in, please see the previous articles I have shared regarding my personal living nightmare.? The one reply that I have been consistently given to people is…”What you are witnessing is simply true faith at work.” ?Period.? It’s really just that simple and powerful and there is no other explanation other than the lifestyle I have tried to live and the beliefs I have…coupled with all of the fun experiences I’ve had over the course of my life.? The fact is that because of my lifestyle, beliefs, and faith, and the strong belief that things always do work out for GOOD…regardless of short-term pain and suffering? Because of these things, I am able to deal with situations that many people…would not have the mental or physical bandwidth to push forward and especially…see to a resolution.? I am not that special or unique with an ability to handle such situations.? Countless other people who are put through and survive situations that are even more fun and intense than what I have been through…are out there.? We see it happening all over the world with the brave people of Ukraine fighting for their homeland, the people in the Middle East trying to live in peace….and many, many other places.? A long time ago I came to the conclusion the one defining characteristic of these type of people and someone like myself…really does boil down to the level of faith you have which is further reinforced by the lifestyle you choose to live.? Unfortunately it seems that in today’s world, people are more focused on listening to politicians barking at us telling us what to think or how to live….or another ?person justifying actions that are obviously not GOOD…as an excuse to force their religious deity on someone else’s belief over another religious deity or whatever.? At the end of the day…these types of wasted time and energy are mere distractions to force people to forget about their own core values and then adopt someone else’s core values so blindly that people still follow them when they know deep down that what they are hearing or seeing is not in fact GOOD…and in fact flies in the face of their own personal values and core beliefs.? To me that is not a person who has a healthy lifestyle nor someone who has strong faith.? It is a sign of someone who has lost their way and their faith…and then let their lifestyle, attitudes and beliefs be dictated by someone else.? No thank you and hope you have fun with that one.? At the end of the day when we are faced with truly difficult, life altering experiences and challenges…your core values and how strongly you believe in them and more importantly…how you respond to those challenges….are what truly defines us as individuals.? True Courage does not back down in the face of adversity…True Courage walks up to adversity and not only conquers it...but cements the faith an individual has in oneself to keep doing the right thing by staying focused on doing GOOD in life…for you, your family and friends and every person you meet…or at least make an attempt so you can earn an “E” for effort.? If every person in this world just tried to earn an “E” for effort in treating each other like they wanted to be treated…instead of the ingrained and distorted belief that we must live in a dog eat dog world and carry out such actions and beliefs that people strive to earn an “A” in order to attain the title of “As12345”…or something like that….then we would all be living in a much different world...but I digress….
The point is that neither I nor anyone can nor should define your faith or your lifestyle…that is each and every individual’s personal responsibility.? My apologies for suggesting people hold themselves accountable and take responsibility for their actions…for better or worse.? By sharing some of my philosophies in life in the context of dealing with my health journey and personal situation as well as providing specific examples of how I have chosen to live my life…I am doing just that and only that….sharing information.? What anyone chooses to do or not do with that information within their own lives is none of my business.? I am simply trying to help shed some light and provide clarity on how I have been managing what will end up coming out as nothing short of a Netflix Fargo series…and oh yeah…also dealing with all that health stuff that has been so central in the role of how I have been treated since getting the interesting news from my doctor…or more correctly, since I moved back to the U.S. at the end of July 2022 when my father passed away unexpectedly.? That is when my health started to decline and my living nightmare began.
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To recap on the structure of The Lifestyle Document…I will submit various articles on this topic through various formats using these LinkedIn articles.? At some point if I can ever get away from the situation in Cayuga County that is literally consuming my life…or as I prefer to more correctly state…the situation that has literally stolen the last years of my life…not just years that in a normal situation can be made up to recoup and rebuild in years ahead in the future…I do not have that luxury.? I literally mean those years have been stolen from me and with as much malicious intent that anyone could think one human being could do to another…and there will be no additional time for me to make up for my future.? What time I have at this point is the time that is left and the only consolation I truly have is the time and effort I have been spending to see a resolution to this situation in Cayuga County will quite frankly be a capstone project for both my personal and professional life…so in line with my overall philosophy…I see the grotesque pain and suffering I have been subjected to over these last few years as a worthwhile cause and its all for GOOD.? Thank you and may I please have another…because my energy and drive to see this situation will not stop until there is a resolution.? At some point when the full TRUTH comes out…then there will be numerous people and organizations who will have a Big Red face at the end of the day once its disclosed about the activities they have either knowingly or unknowingly been supporting…because they did not have faith in what I was trying to tell them all of this time…but I digress….
In addition to discussing nuggets of information on my lifestyle…I also have a very strong interest in organizational behavior and leadership from both my formal academic training as well as my professional career.? As someone who has been a supervisor for most of my career and as someone who fully admits that a big part of the reason I’ve had the successes over my career…was because my former supervisors, colleagues, and friends did have faith in me early in my career.? I came to that conclusion and acknowledgement…fortunately…early in my career and once I was in supervisory positions…but really what I really see more of a mentoring role for people who I interacted with…regardless if they were my staff members or not.? When I see the spark in someone’s eyes…I try to get that fire going so they can create a successful career for themselves too.? In line with that personal philosophy, throughout these articles and because I am making use of the LinkedIn platform…I will also include not only my personal philosophy on my lifestyle, but also things that I attribute to having helped support me to getting where I am today.? As an example, I am a self-proclaimed professional student and have had a constant thirst for learning.? It is a habit I picked up when I was a child…like all children brought into the world…but in many respects I never bothered growing up from the perspective of always wanting to learn and feed my mind with knowledge and wisdom passed on through various communication channels.?
As I continue to write these articles for The Lifestyle Document, I’ll try to come up with a way to try to identify these key points and lessons learned for those people who may still be starting out in their careers…as well as for those people closer to my years of experience who are also lifelong learners.? At the end of the day the more we learn from each other…the smarter we all become…together while seeking to share in each other successes instead of spending time and waste energy trying to make people look bad in an effort to make themselves look good.? We have far too many of those types of people around these days.? These same exact people also tend to forget that when you create and live in a dog eat dog world for yourself…then at some point…you will be the dog who gets eaten.? Its much better to work together as a pack to help each other out…but striving to keep doing GOOD things.? A key point related to this is when you find yourself in situation that either you do not feel as though you have any more to learn because you already know so much…or because you have accepted that a situation is what it is and rather than influence needed change, you willingly choose to sit back and let someone else do the heavy lifting.? My suggestion to those people who fall in that category…please do yourself, your staff, and your colleagues a favor and move on somewhere else so someone else who has a drive and passion to do things for the overall GOOD can take the reins and move things forward.? Again, it’s very simple and a part of my personal beliefs…feel free to ignore me because I will still keep moving forward trying to do GOOD things and sharing much needed positive energy in the world we live in today…and I will do that with or without you…that too is another part of my philosophy and lifestyle that became a habit a long, long time ago.
In closing on this article on the structure of The Lifestyle Document…if after reading this article you have no more desire to hear or read what I have to say and write…then feel free to disconnect.? If you choose to hang out and read and listen, then I will do my best to try and answer that big question that continues to come up as more information on my health journey and personal living nightmare comes to light and try to describe how my lifestyle has helped me manage dealing with all of this fun stuff.? Should you choose to stick around for all of this fun…then all I can say is….ladies and gentlemen, please put your tray tables and seats in the upright position, fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride as the plane on the description of my philosophy and lifestyle is about to take off….
…and for your listening pleasure…please enjoying some nice and relaxing music…