1. 1 year ago 

   We Can All Live In Wonderland

   I’ve heard “Jared lives in his own little world” since I was a toddler. I now understand that to mean “Jared doesn’t live in reality”. I disagree.
   
   I believe the world is exactly what we make it. We create our own reality. What may be steadfast and true in my reality may be entirely absurd in someone else’s.
   
   Bob Goff invents holidays, unites world leaders, incites parades, brings justice to Uganda, creates peace treaties and defines a lasting goodbye when he and his family jump fully clothed into the lake, waving as others sail away in a boat.
   
   This is more representative of lunacy than reality for most people. But I think it’s a choice.
   
   I live in a world full of dreams, faith and whimsy where anything is possible if you believe. Relationships always trump trivial things like time, money and comfort. Each step of life is raw and deliberate. I believe loyalty, vulnerability and honesty to be among the most imperative of characteristics. And I believe there is purpose to everything.
   
   “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life; to put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discover that I had not lived.” – Thoreau
   
   I’m convinced that most people considered to be “crazy” are actually the ones that really get it. (Tom Waits, you are Leviticusly Deuteronomous.)
   
   I think the secret to happiness is a life of whimsy and ubuntu (and Mariachi music helps).
   
   “Alice in Suburbia” might have been a bit of a letdown. It’s Wonderland that intrigues us; the mystery, the adventure and the Mad Hatter; wide eyed and awestruck.  I choose Wonderland. Why not?

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These are my thoughts, and more likely my agendas. Let’s call a spade a spade. I want to inspire people to treat each other with love and respect, and to live each second as if it were our last.

At the end of the day, I appreciate the journey, good and bad. I believe there is purpose in everything; literally everything. And the more I embrace that, the more I truly live; the more peace I have.

I believe in the social entrepreneur model, as opposed to the traditional forms of aid that have crippled developing nations for decades. And on top of that, I believe the fashion industry is one of the best industries to leverage as a tool to combat poverty and help restore dignity to developing nations. So that's my thing. If that's not appealing, you might want to read a different blog.

I believe in the power and importance of ubuntu. I aspire to do more…more than I have to. I won’t "change the whole world", but I intend to make some significant improvements along the way as I try. And I’ll fight for all sorts of justice, up to the day they throw dirt on me.

I thank God that I get to live this life. Carpe diem.

+ Comments are welcome. I'd love for this to be a two way conversation. +

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