Three Collars

"An unexamined life is not worth living" is one of my favorite quotations. So to your challenge I will seek to write a little of what I've learned from my examination. 

I live in contrasts. My quest is to live in the moments. Yet find myself in the future. I'm constantly in a relentless  pursuit of happiness, but at times I actually enjoy taking time out for healthy grieving. 

I own a Real Estate Brokerage company, but specialize in expert witness testimony using my appraiser's certification and experience. So by day I'm some sort of a professional "white collar" guy. 

I live on a horse farm. My wife of 33 years and I bred Quarter Horses and grow hay (tough crop!). And then in the late afternoons I'm getting messy in my jeans and love it. At nighttime and weekends I guess I'm a "Blue Collar" guy. I'd rather mow a pasture than write an expert wittiness report. But I love doing both.

We have three kids, girls 29 and 27. The baby is a 23 year old boy. Drug addiction has rocked our "perfect" family. Even so that gives me a strange supernatural  strength and wisdom. I'm grateful for it, but would never wish addiction on any household. 

I write to relax. I write to attempt to press out my feelings. Haiku writing is my favorite form as I love nature and for me Haikus capture the "moments" that I strive for in life. 

But I also write many different styles. I can't seem to get my "footing" with writing, yet I'm happy with that. 

I self published a book once. It sold a few thousand copies. I absolutely hated it. Hated the process and pressure. 

My book is about how Christians should live. Yet "Christians" have been my worse "friends. I loathe hypocrisy in myself and others. 

I don't go to church. I don't like churches in general. Nevertheless, I enjoy writing a short applicable "sermonette" on occasions. 

Friends have asked me to start a church. I'm not about to wear that Collar. 

I've had three articles published in 12 Step Magazines of course they are Anonymous, with David M., North Carolina always noted as the writer. 

I'm a proud introvert, yet I enjoy public speaking. 

I live in contrasts and I like it there. 

I'm comfortable in three Collars.