CURRENT MISSION

I am all about people. Ten years from now, we'll be much the same except for the books we read and the people we encounter.

ABOUT ME

Left the business world of getting and having things that would ultimately go anyway; gave it all away -everything: the paid-for house, fine furniture, Rolex; Mercedes, the career, portfolios and cash- to live radically simply (spoken of by Jesus in the Bible). Find myself more and more dependent on God; taken care of wherever I find myself on the planet, following, learning to live by my heart, to trust as Father (appreciate moreso as the dad I never knew), serving the poor in spirit and wallet, finding that Faith can be real- even for a former atheist, agnostic. It is likely easier to give up stuff (an event) than your whole heart (a lifetime pilgrimage, process). I wrestle still with trusting comprehensively- esp. suspicious of categorical [e.g. religious] people. God is good despite historical misrepresentation by religion; about Relationship; pioneers same with us; does not let us down. People have choices- ones we make are not always good as humans. I've been in many countries so far; adventurer by default (vs. my soul dying in a cubicle - and regrets). I'm an artist, a calligrapher, musician, a writer, a giver; receiver, a believer, realist and romantic- eternally optimistic in learning to live by radical, that is to say, normal Faith.

PHILOSOPHY

Personal philosophy changing all the time- I want never to get too calcified or brittle there...

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I attempt to navigate by peace. If I don't feel right about something/someone, I generally will pay attention; go different route.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So not much as of yet- look forward to it tho'; have stayed in places often with people who are locals. Met one of the Couchsurfing employees- programmer cool guy on a train from London to Bournemouth, UK once; got me more interested...

兴趣

Art, Music (am a pianist, violinist), adventure, swimming, cycling (when I can), Having real conversations over coffee or ciders, sitting with genuine folks, hearing their story; sharing their pain on occasion (had a rough go myself coming up), challenge people to think outside [our] norms/paradims/boxes...

• arts
• writing
• books
• coffee
• music
• adventure races
• wrestling
• swimming
• business
• religion

音乐、电影和书籍

Diana Krall, Icelandic music of many kinds, also Moby, Beck, Folk, Brian (Jen) Johnson, some Punk, Classical (training for me), MGMT on occasion, Snakadaktal, The Shins, Damien Rice, Melody Gardot, Naked and Famous, Kim Walker, et. al., anything beyond the norm.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Been to many of the world's keen places- and many more unknown ones.
Lived in Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Haifa, visited Tel-Aviv, Beersheba, Eilat, Amman, stayed in Antayla (Turkey) awhile; also Morocco (Tangier), St8s o Gibraltar got a wave from me, Valetta (Malta) for a fortnight, 2x Madríd, Màlaga, Sev times in Glasgow, Sterling, love being in Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast, London heaps o times; places, Paris, Brussels, Luxembourg (country of), Bern, Zürich, Geneva (Suisse), Vien (Vienna), Austria, Milan, Genova, La Riviera (Liguria, La Cinque Terra), Turin, Roma, Frankfurt, Cöpenhågen, Husk-Varna, Göthenburg, Jönköping (Sweden), Amsterdam, Den Haag, Amersfoort, ATL, San Fran, Chicago, NYC, Miami, Boston, LA, Seattle, Portland, Toronto, Québec City, Montréal, Halifax, BC, DC, Nashville, Houston, Tempe, Minneapolis, Freeport(s), Sydney, Darwin, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, TASMANIA!!!!, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Hispañola (Isla de), Quíto, Panamá (Nación y Ciudad de), Rio de Janiero, Minas Gerais, Honduras, México, Guatemala, Prague, Slovakia, Budapest, Warsaw, Kraków, Columbo to Batticaloa (Sri Lanka), Goa to Delhi to Mumbai to Dharmshala, India (Himalayans), etc. am likely forgetting places... haha

教，学，和分享

I could fill a library with what I don’t know...

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Perspective, existential questions:

Where are we coming from?

Is there a point?
Is there something as concrete as “Destiny”?

So is there a moral baseline, truth?

What happens when it’s all over (I had a near death experience that got me thinking, looking into even quantum physics)?

我游览过的国家

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Wales

我居住过的国家

Australia, Canada, England, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland, Thailand