"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

'Hi, My name is Dave and I make mistakes.
I fall down, slip up and go red in the face from time to time. I learn daily without feeling much growth, I earn weekly without procuring much wealth, I age monthly but feel just the same, I think yearly just where has the time gone. Hi, my name is Dave and I'm full of surprises. When I was 13 I promised myself I'd never smoke, when I was 21 I gave them up. Hi, my name is Dave, I enjoy running and I don't think I've ever learned how to love. Hi, my name is Dave and if we ever meet again I'd probably never let you go. Hi, my name is Dave, but in the grand scheme of things my name is irrelevant, I won't count for much, I'll be forgotten amongst the ether, the photos and runaway trains. Hi, my name is blatant, I've been in front of your face the entire time. Hi, my name is regret and I've been missing you. Hi, my name is bittersweet and you'll taste me throughout your lifetime. Hi, my name is thought, I don't think we've met. Hi, my name is arrogance we met long ago. Hi, my name is silence, don't worry. I'll be here.

Hi, my name is youth and I've come to say goodbye, to tell you that there's no fear in taking the next step, nothing wrong in growth, everything to gain in having once known me but going our separate ways.
Hi, my name is life, welcome.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

"I rhyme words, study kurds, appreciate curves and get real life nerves. I take on tasks, I have a blast 'coz it won't last, life moves so fast. I wish kindness didn't have to be random and that I knew my father, could really understand him. I'm never lazy but In need of down time 'coz I'm crazy. I picture Peter Piper picking peppers and wonder did he get a good wage, or ever know his name would be on the world stage. I've tumbled and stumbled, fumbled and even rumbled. I've walked, I've talked, I've laughed and I've cried, I've told many truths and truthfully lied. Well....usually a truth teller, I'll never be a trend setter, always be a go getter, ever reaching better measures, yet never reach for extra pleasures, humbled by my inner treasures.

I run through fields full up of dust, I've got allergies, but it's a must. I swim in freezing lakes just above zero, you can't tell me that doesn't make me a hero. I travel the world and learn from it so, it constantly shows me the little I know.
There's peace and beauty in the places I've seen, through wide open landscapes and mountains I've been. With these homes and these people who live quiet lives, that work for their children, family and wives. To put on their tables some bread and some meat, wilfully working to hopefully eat. No fancy education or time to be bored, just getting a meal is a grateful reward. They teach us real lessons of love and of grace, no better a people than the ones in this place. It takes you out of your mind to a new understanding, the earth's a caring mother, we're just a tad too demanding. The answers are there if we open our eyes, take a second, just look, and soon you'll realise."

Interests

Hopefully Improving.
Striving for just that.

• philosophy
• psychology
• trying

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite artist : Nakho Bear

Books I've enjoyed :
Eknath Easwaran - The Bhagavad Gita.
Carl Jung - Archetypes And The Collective Unconscious. Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jostein Gaardar - Sophies World.
Robert Lanza - Biocentrism.
Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens, 21 lessons for the 21st century.
Ian McCallum - Ecological intelligence.
Don Miguel Ruiz - The Mastery Of Love, The 4 Agreements.
Daniel Coyle - The Talent Code.
George Orwells - 1984, Animal Farm.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl - Flow.
Paulo Cuelhos - The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage.
Juan Mascaro - The Upanishads.
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince.
David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest.
Gordon Kerr - A Short History Of The Middle East.
Greg Mckeown - Essentialism.
John O Donohue - Anam Cara
Seneca - Letters From A Stoic.
David Goggins - Can't Hurt Me.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Notes From The Underground.
Robert Sapolsky - "Behave"
(Human Behavioural Biology At Our Best And Worst).
Dr Jordan Peterson - 12 Rules For Life. Maps Of Meaning
Sam Harris - Lying.
Carl Rogers - On Becoming A Person (A Therapists Guide To Psychotherapy), A Way Of Being
Stephen Fry - Heroes, Mythos
Mark Manson - The subtle art of not giving a fuck
Jocko Willink - Extreme ownership
Giulia Enders - Gut
Ryan Holiday - Ego Is The Enemy
Tony Robbins - Unshakable
James Clear - Atomic habits
Huston Smith - The World's Religions
Angus Deaton - The Great Escape
Thomas Szasz - The Myth Of Mental illness
Chris Voss - Never split the difference
David Shenk - The Genius in All of Us
Dalai Lama - The Art Of Happiness
Daniel Miller - Stuff
Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a strange land
Friedrich Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil
Ian Serraillier - The Silver Sword
Alan Watts - You're it

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've failed....HARD. Many times.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mad Skills:
Ate all my vegetables to grow facial hair, goal SMASHED!
Sleep without a night light and only sometimes get scared.
Allowed around my whole estate up to 9 o' clock.
Drank over 1 beers on more than 2 occasions.
Can do between 1-1 pull ups. I own a tomagotchi and have the entire first season of one tree hill on VHS.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation and Consideration 👌

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, England, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Spain, Thailand, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain