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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Korean, Spanish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Traveling!
  • Cleveland State University
  • From I grew up in Dallas, Texas
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to bring happiness into my life so that I can serve as a channel of Happiness, Joy, and laughter for others.

ABOUT ME

I am a guy, 23, male, who enjoys meeting new people and making connections, especially with people of other cultures. I love airports for the fact that they are one of the few places on earth where you cannot be sure where most of the people are from. My favorite activities include reading, writing, running, meditating, listening to good music and clubbing.

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is that life is like a giant wave, but comprised of billions of smaller waves with the smallest unit being the breath in and the breath out. From there as we move through life we take on actions that manifest this process. Just as we breathe in when we are born we breathe out when we die and life is a process of breathing in experiences, friendships, challenges, and lessons and then the breathing out we share for ourselves with the world and take those lessons and give back to the world in the best way we can, and just as everything is impermanent we settle down to pass on the world better than we found it so that other waves can rise and fall.

Interests

I spend my time developing myself! My favorite activities include running, reading and writing, meditating, spending time with friends, listening to great music, going out and being wild, playing my ukulele, and getting to know other people.

  • writing
  • exercise
  • running
  • meditation
  • clubbing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Anything that is on! I love dancing and being spontaneous. I am a musician so I can appreciate all types of music but especially trance and techno produce a particularly fruitful dancing experience.

Movies: I don't want movies too much for the resistance of being too plugged into media and unrealistic conditioning. But I did enjoy Life of Pi a lot.

Books: How I get my information. Currently what I am reading will give you a good taste of my interests:

How to Win Friends and Influence People, Sperm Wars, Awakening the Giant Within, The Practice of Management, and The Ultramind Solution

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crater Lake in Oregon
Climbed Mount Fuji in Japan
Studied Abroad in South Korea for 10 Months
Was a competitive swimmer for 5 years incl NCAA swimming: highlight was swimming 9:58 in the 1000 yard freestyle

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to share my experiences in travel, exercise including swimming, running, lifting weights. Health including Vitamins, and healthy eating. Also meditation and spirituality I know quite a bit about. I have studied a lot about social dynamics and understanding social concepts that exist. Finally, self development and personal growth.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Slovakia, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, South Korea, United States

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