Feel good now. Why are you here? Really. Why are you here now? No one else gets to decide for you.No outer circumstance gets to decide for you. Feel good now. If you want to. And don’t you want to?Don’t you want to feel good now? Just because you can.Because you can choose to. There…
Essays & Stories
The Bliss Operating System
Today I was struck by lightning.The good kind. Feel good now. I woke up after a late, late night.I’d been up until almost 4 a.m., reading and integrating an intense inner shift. And even though I went to sleep thinking I’d let the shift “settle” a bit before saying anything… I woke up knowing I…
The Great Bedsheet Disagreement of 2025
Me: “I’ll wash the bedsheets.”Her: “No, you won’t. I always end up doing it.” This was the contention between me and Belle this morning. Classic, right?Straight out of a sitcom or something. Here I am, a guy who can write bestsellers, meditate like a monk, recalibrate consciousness, and generate bliss on autopilot… And yet somehow,…
The Freeing Truth Nobody Wants to Admit
Feel good now. And remember… No one knows what’s going on. No one has the answers.No one has “figured out” the life game (whatever that even means). Not the spiritual teachers.Not the scientists.Not the politicians.Not the people who pretend they’ve got it all sorted out. Nobody. Feel good now. Really. The universe is a giant…
When a Dragon Destroys Your Luxury Resort
“The gigantic red dragon was absolutely destroying the Azure Shores Luxury Resort. Its wings smashed through a row of glass-domed gardens, raining tropical orchids and steel beams onto the pristine infinity pool below. A cabana exploded in fire as its tail lashed sideways, scattering deck chairs and sending jet skis cartwheeling across the sand. The…
The Day My Main Character Decided to Kill Me
My main character is coming to kill me. In my bestselling novel Lucian Lightbringer & God’s Bounty, Lucian is an exiled angel who hunts gods for bounty. To do it, he uses an old Colt revolver and a black, rune-inscribed gladius with the demonic soul of his ex-girlfriend trapped inside. Yeah… Imagine traveling the cosmos…
The Karate Lesson That Changed My Life
Feel good now. I was about to fail my black belt test. It was the end of a two-and-a-half-hour workout.I was exhausted.I had done countless push-ups, jumping jacks and squats.I had been drilled on every form and every move I’d learned for the past ten years. All I had to do to earn my black…
The Bandit, the Oni & the Secret of Changing Your Story
Feel good now. “That’s a magnificent sword,” I said to the man with the sword. “I’m partial to it,” he admitted, squinting down the blade at me with a weather-faced grin. We were standing on a deserted stretch of road in the Tai Po forest between Kiori and Ad Bhajjan. The man with the sword…
The Forgotten Ending of The Frog Prince (And What It Teaches Us About Life)
The frog hit the brick wall.SPLAT! And then…with a shimmer of magic in the air…the frog transformed into a handsome prince. Did you know that’s the original ending of The Frog Prince? Truly.Terrifying. But it makes you think: How often do we believe that getting upset, throwing up our hands, or (sometimes literally) throwing something…
The Man Who Died Three Times and the Wisdom He Shared
“I’ve died three times in my life…” My eyebrows shot straight up my forehead. I was sitting on a bench behind the funeral home in West Virginia.The weathered man in front of me was my Uncle Tom. We were gathered for my grandmother Mary Anne’s funeral service and, as is always the case with big…