PREFACE

I always thought the best way to learn about 'self' is to put one's self in challenging situations and then reflect on them. Now, these situations do not have to be life threatening, however, they do make for better stories. But I also find that even the most mundane events that string each catastrophic moment in our lives together can bring out a new fabric of one's self never before discovered. Maybe through these moments, we learn what truly keeps our pulse beating during the flat-lining periods of our existence; to conjure up motivation and turn thought into action. Of course, after reflection then comes recordation.