one true path.

i’ve been deep in thought this week. a lot has been on my mind. i’ve been searching for insight, and sometimes insight takes its time to come.

things came to a head late in the week. friday morning, i was pushing at the doors — knocking them, kicking at them — trying to unwind the knot in my thoughts. but i left my cares aside. i thought of other things — i thought of travel — places far and wide that i’ve seen — the coasts of malta — the mountains of new zealand. where was this all taking me?

if i’ve learned one thing over the years, it’s give the subconscious time and space. i focused on the work at hand and got some things done. but then lunch. once a month, i have lunch with my mentor. we talked and talked. it’s always productive time for me. having a mentor is a wonderful thing — something to help clarify, someone who can act as a sounding board. someone to help guide the career of another.

there are so many avenues open to me — that in some regards has been its own problem. i have many, varied interests, and these past few years i’ve been looking for a grand unified theory — something to bind the threads of my intellectual pursuits together. it’s like the lord of the rings — “one ring to rule them all.”

simply put, the ring is now on my finger.

the thoughts in my head finally crystallized, and the one true path is clear. the next few years will be busy ones as i hash all of this out, and the details of my plan of action will need to be worked out. the glue of my intellectual life has set. what seemed like so many unrelated pieces of history and theory are actually all part of the same wide universe. i’m following my passion and that’s all that matters.

good night my friends. thanks for reading another missive from the city. by the way, i continue to read “a beautiful mind,” and it’s a fantastic book. i highly recommend it.