All in a Walk

While you sleep, I'm wide awake. I'm slowly discovering a world I never noticed or cared to pay attention to. It's 2am and once again I struggle to find my long lost friend, sleep. My routine begins, walk LuLu, watch TV, play with my iPhone etc. This early morning is different however, as I walked LuLu I noticed a neighbor down my block sitting on his front porch. He's a seventy something year old Cuban man. Quiet, respectful, the kind of person who keeps to himself. He was crying, turns out his wife passed away of cancer two days ago. I'm embarrassed that this man is my neighbor and I didn't know this. It kills me to know that he's been suffering in silence. I thought to myself,"poor guy!" when in reality the poor guy was me for never striking a conversation with him. I was too content with the simple,"Hola vecino! Todo bien?" and moving on while I walked LuLu. This early morning while sleep avoided my doorstep, friendship found it's way in. I spoke to my neighbor for nearly an hour, I think Don Raul and I will become good friends and better neighbors.

Family, Food and Fun

Tonight I took my family out to dinner, not at a restaurant as usual but to the Food Trucks. End result: we laughed, danced, and ate to our bursting point. I love food, as evident by my "Food, Delicious Food" album on facebook, but there is just something special about the Food Trucks. Perhaps it's the open air, maybe the DJ, or even all the people sitting at the benches eating next to total strangers

and out of the blue a conversation begins. On second thought I think it's all of the above. Food brings us all together, food bridges culture and allows us to experiment what is generally divided by distance. The Miami Food Truck movement offers a bit of everything for everyone. For more information you can follow the trucks on twitter or facebook. You can also check out this blog: http://thefoodiedudie.blogspot.com/ by my good friend, Jose Torres.
Hopefully I will see some of you at the next meet up.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy JeSuS

Let me begin by first giving my homeboy JC a shout out on his birthday. You may have died a long, long time ago but you are still the man. Happy Birthday Jesus!
For Christians, those who act like Christians, this is a time to remember the greatest gifts God made to humanity, the birth of Jesus, the lessons we are to learn from His teachings and of course the greatest sacrifice ever made, death on the cross for our salvation.
On this day I think that whether you are a Christian or not there is one singular truth we can all agree upon, Jesus was a man of peace. Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and others may not agree that Jesus is/was God on earth but what is true universally is that His message of LOVE and PEACE is very much still applicable today as it was then, and will always be true.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and that we all, regardless of religion act a bit more like Christ every day.

This is it!

This is it! I just found the cure to my insomnia, writing a blog detailing all of my (mis)adventures with everyone I encounter on a daily basis. The CrAzY clients, students, friends, family and people out on the streets when I ride my bicycle. Life is good and even better when you can share things with those around you and beyond, here's my attempt at making everyone laugh at "The Way I See Things" (TWIST)!!!
Enjoy and feel free to comment.
Joe