I've got a buddy...a fellow RVer...whose personal struggles, bliss, and sense of "self-worth" have been a deep inspiration to my sorryazz these past many years.
In fact, I discovered George, and his blog,...when I was mired in the deepest of my own personal despairs, (so far)...
It was reading George that showed me a "way out". It was reading his daily posts that gave me hope. It was reading George that gave me a "will to continue on"...I "discovered" George, and the Adventures of MsTioga...just when...just when...I "needed them most".
He inspired me, a no-count, wannabe, "person" to start getting over the personal sht,...and get on with the gettin' on.
He inspired me to get off my azz...and get an RV of my own...he inspired me to "find the guts" to go ahead and "learn" (at the age of 55) to think outside the "box" that I had created, that was folding in on/around me.
Reading George every day,...has inspired me to reach out and...uh, if not "reach for greatness"...at least to "reach for..."....hee hee!...and "that" is what reading George inspires in this ol' idjet...
REACH FOR...! ! ! .....
I love George...have for numerous years now. I was finally "rewarded" (if ya wanna call it that. I DO)...when he stopped by here, to Lizard Flatz,... and woke me up one morning last Fall; knocking on ol' Wanderwolf's door. Between my "stammerings/mutterings of inadequacy" we went out for Breakfast (I ain't an "early riser"...uh, ya'll know "that" though, right??)...
As we sat and ate, and became "acquainted", I kept thinking to myself..."Damn!...this guy IS just LIKE his blogs!"...and for whatever "silly reason", this ol' Fart was/is in awe of him..."him" actually being here, in Ajo,...and visiting with me...damn!...made "my day"...hee hee...for sure...
George IS the "friend, patron, Father figure, and "en-abler" that we all look for...and desire in this life!"...the "person" we wish ourselves to be.
His "simplicity" enamours him to me...his capability to only "see the good" enthralls me...damn!...why can't more people, in this shtty world today,... be like George?
...Why can't I?
George is hurting right now. George doesn't need a lot of "do-gooders" giving him innane advice.
Back off, people...let George "think for himself"...and then...
just go ahead and love the sht outa him anyway...
...I Do.
Please, please,...give George "breathing space"...to find "his own head", again!!!
Thank You!
Looking on the bright side.
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I love George, too, Mike. I met him a while back when he passed through on his way back to Mexico from a visit to the Bay Area. I had been following him for some time.
I found George at a time when I had to learn again how to dream. His struggles, his travels, his living his dream helped me find some direction and recover from a deep depression.
After learning of his current troubles I wrote only to recommend he take the time to heal. This reader will be ready to read and follow as he recovers from this current set of woes.
I, too, hope people will give him space, offering support and encouragement without making demands or offering unsought advice. George has cultivated a fabulous philosophy and even now is demonstrating how that works out through deep troubles.
When last I saw him he predicted that an RV was in my future. I now sit in my Mobile Man Cave, a conversion van slowly evolving into a viable road home for extended part-time adventure.
I haven't done much travel in the MMC as yet, but I am growing my dreams and have much for which to thank George.
We are all broken humans, seeking our dreams. The best we can do is help each other along the way. George has done that, and I stand by him in these hard times.
You have been no slouch for inspiration, either, Mike. Thanks for sharing.
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