A Simple Truth That Helps Me Live My Best Life
Vol 2, №1 – Deflector™ is a business unit of Thomas Marketing Services Corporation
Hello and welcome to the 2022 pilot edition of Deflector™ on The Art of Style & Well-Being for Men of Age.™
When I first conceived of Deflector, in my mind’s eye style was to be its focus, primarily as a strategy to mitigate the overt agism so prevalent in today’s society. And, as you’ll soon read in coming issues, I’ve proven the Deflector Postulate time and again this past summer during the 30+ outdoor concerts I attended on the season’s pass my 20-something sons gave ol’ dad for his 70th birthday.
But as I would come to understand, style without well-being just isn’t much fun. And I’ve observed both style and well-being start with being mindful. With being present, in the present.
“On no, another fucking Buddhist,” you say? Maybe. I had some body art done of my ‘Zen sailboat logo’ for my birthday and when explaining it I always say “I’m a Buddhist-Christian or a Christian-Buddhist, or none of the above.”
I’m surely not a monk or minister. And I was forced to quit the church of my youth when I could no longer live with its intolerance. I’m just a cosmic traveler and man of faith (just don’t know which one) who’s discovered a few basic truths that have helped me live my best life this past few years.
And it’s the very simplicity of it all that makes me a ridiculously happy person. Maybe for the first time in my life. I’m still surprised just how much.
So part of my simple mission with Deflector has become to put my life insights and cosmic surmising out there for anyone to adopt or ignore as they will.
Because I’ve also proven happiness is a choice. And so it begins.