CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy the small things in life.

ABOUT ME

The happiest people don't have the best of every thing. They make the best of every thing

PHILOSOPHY

Live in the moment.

Work hard and be humble.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In many shamanic societies, if you came to a shaman or medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions.

When did you stop dancing?
When did you stop singing?
When did you stop being enchanted by stories?
When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?

Where we have stopped dancing, singing, being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence is where we have experienced the loss of soul.

Couchsurfing provides an environment for all four luxuries of life listed above. I have danced, sung, been enchanted by stories of a country's past, and at times enjoyed time alone.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had my first couch surfing experience a year ago in Scotland. I am was traveling with my best friend, Blair. We both stayed with our new friend, Sarah, in Glasgow.

Prior to Couchsurfing, we stayed in a couple hostels. As far as we are concerned, Couchsurfing is infinitely better because it allows travelers to experience the local life and meet unique people.

Interests

Stained Glass, Architecture, Castles, History, Mechanical Engineering, Interior Design, Finance, Investing, Food-holy shit I love food, History, Philosophy, Religion, Books, Woodworking, Metalworking, Women, Soccer, Lacrosse, Movies

• books
• singing
• architecture
• design
• interior design
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• flying
• movies
• traveling
• investing
• woodworking
• metalworking
• surfing
• soccer
• lacrosse
• engineering
• history
• medicine
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hundred-Foot Journey, Short Term 12, What Maise Knew, Stuck in Love, Into the Wild, Garden State, Friends with Kids

TV shows: Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, The Office, Modern Family, Suits, Ray Donovan, How I Met Your Mother, Vikings

Music: Empire of the Sun, Angels & Airwaves, Imogen Heap, Greg Laswell, Ingrid Michaelson, Gypsy and the Cat, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Bronze Radio Return, Madi Diaz, Huskey Resuce, Modest Mouse, Coldplay, RAC, and The Killers, James Bay

Books: How Green Was My Valley, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Intelligent Investor, Biographies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atlas Shrugged, Things That Matter, Wit and Wisdom of Ben Franklin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fly to Europe with no plan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I live by quotes and the following is my favorite.

Everybody should have a Switzerland. Everybody should have a cool and lofty place in his mind, inaccessible to warring factions, and neutral.

But it isn't safe to have a neutral spot unless it is protected by natural advantages. No neutral spot should be too low. Many cherished ideas of the mind, of permanent and abiding value, have been wiped out because of the inroads of nearby discordant elements. Think of the number of people you know whose minds are all low countries!

If you have not in you at present a Switzerland, make one at once. Get a small but select group of snow-topped mountain peaks, reaching up into the blue vault of thought. Protect them by mountain passes.

Thus, when you tire of the strife of the lower soul, murder and sudden death, of lusts and looting and lies, you may have a protected vantage-ground, where battle-scarred thoughts may be nursed back to life and calm cool actions planned. Where you can learn to "yodel" and the pure echo may be carried back through the clear air to your own heart.

-Thomas L. Masson