Chapter 1: On Love, Purpose, & Community

Cultivate a continuous ripening effect. All of our interactions end in death or breakup. It sounds negative... well this cycle of ending brings forth a transformation and speaks to the dogma of the universal law of impermanence.

What is certain is that change will occur. Uncertainty is certainly going to happen. It has been this way since time began and humans have always lived in some type of jeopardizing situation. Grow yourself and the world around you. Love and give. Do not stop, and when you go off your path, purpose, or potential, rise again.

Show up for yourself as the best version you can be. Be the person you can be proud of. Continue to strive for greatness. Let the journey be the destination and the continuous ripening effect be your resolve.

To my friends and everyone I share love with: When I die, you will never actually lose me. Our effects carry on with those who continue to succeed after us. If you are ever lost and want to find me, look deep into the wild. Look into that place where it's fierce and unyielding. That place where we laugh loud, scream with conviction, and cry with vigor. Go deeper. Look further. You haven't lost me — I've been here this whole time.