a few unrandom thoughts

Each conversation, moment, and connection is an opportunity to invest now and forward. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5x75t-g14r/?igshid=157na5wfhz2zx

I’m digging this Wilson Keyring, simple design, bringing together form and function. Strong tension provides a secure hold, can easily connect to a bag or ring for safe keeping. Brass brings an old school charm for a touch of style. Nice work @craighillcompany ~~~ #gear #design #minimalist

“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” – Henry David Thoreau ~~~ #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #GRIT #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscapephotography #nofilter #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #quote (at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs,)

Resistance, failure or walls may mean you've come to end, MORE often... ----- #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #GRIT #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #RestOfUs #goals #noexcuses

‪Leading from the place within, the origin of our output. ‬#quote #leadership #dad #fatherhood #leadfromwithin

'To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.' - A C Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel) ~~~ #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #GRIT #goruck #rucking #city #walk #optoutside #outdoor #art #urbanart #cityscape #lifeisgood #lifeisart #read #nofilter #photography #quote #quotes (at San Francisco, California)

This world is but a canvas to our imagination. ~ Henry David Thoreau ~~~ #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #GRIT #goruck #rucking #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscape #naturescape #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #nofilter #photography #quote #quotes (at Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve)

“Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.” - Carrie Latet. Good urban hike this morning. ~~~~~ #GiddyUp #GRIT #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #goruck #rucking #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscape #naturescape #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #photography #quote #quotes (at Millennium Park)

I'm on my second book of Bukowski's works. Appreciate the raw, candid, capture of everyday life with everyday people. When it comes to poetry, I find it best to read from paper, more important to just read. ~~~ #Bukowski #poems #writing #reading

Grateful for this gift on a recent hike, a last minute decision yielded some amazing vistas. Spontaneity is a prompting we should answer more than excuse. ~~~ #DadTalking #UnRandomLife #WithoutFear #RestOfUs #GRIT #GRITon #GetGritty #goruck #rucking #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscape #naturescape #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #nofilter #photography #quote #quotes (at Hawaii)

'In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.' - John Muir ----- #GRITon #DadTalking #RestOfUs #goruck #rucking #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscape #naturescape #family #friends #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #nofilter #photography (at Devil’s Backbone Open Space)

Here to honor and respect. #TapsAtTheTower #LestWeForget #kansascity #wwi (at National World War I Museum and Memorial)

Architecture is not about space but about time. – Vito Acconel --- #quote #quotes #architecture #building #city #cityscape #landscape #indiana #indianapolis (at Indiana State House)

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art. ~ Maya Angelou ----- Weather gave us a gift, great scenic hike, love being outdoors - fuel for mindy, body and spirit. ----- #grit #giddyup #goruck #rucking #hike #optoutside #outdoors #nature #landscape #naturescape #colorado #family #lifeisgood #lifeisart #adventure #zoglife (at Devil’s Backbone Open Space)

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. - Alice Walker #quotes #quote #landscape #nature #naturephotography #tree (at Colorado State University)

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. - Danny Kaye --- At the intersection of change and sustain is opportunity, a question of us, 'Will we create?' --- #quote #art #innovation #WithoutFear #park #cityscape #newyork #dothework (at Washington Square Park)

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Stevie Wonder life is noisy, this we know, social media tells us so. busyness beckons, this we see, no time to converse with thee. fear screams, this we hear, you don't think like me. then, in a moment, when haste gave pause... the beauty of a park, in a city, on a Sunday afternoon sounds of nature, of life, of music as people come to connect to something greater than a like here we (un) l e a r n just how much WE have in common #music #quote #art #outdoors #poetry #DadTalking <thoughts from an afternoon at Washington Square Park, listening to a collection of classical works played by Colin Huggins) (at Washington Square Park)