(this is a sample from rob’s contribution to my upcoming book, the ah ha moment)
rob - a close friend i met while living in San Francisco - is easily one of the most intelligent people I know. some of my most fascinating and deep convos have been with this guy. what’s most intriguing about our relationship is that despite our seemingly antithetical personalities, we always find common ground in our beliefs, perspectives and overall approach to life. what rob will define as hard, i’ll define as life-enhancing. but in the end, these are just arbitrary terms (or emotions) seeking to define an inexplicable series of events. whether it’s falling in love, losing someone you love, getting married, raising a child, starting a company/job, losing a company/job, traveling the world and everything in between… the battles, wins and emotions involved are difficult to ascertain until personally experienced.
what matters in the end is not trying to define what something is… what matters is going out and discovering what that something means to you. life is about discovering what is and what could be… it’s about doing to find out (rather than planning to avoid)… it’s about living life in a continous state of revolution and forward progress.
