Author: Jim Gant

Have you ever heard of Jimmy Lai? In December 2019, I traveled with my wife to Hong Kong and was blessed to witness a collective outpouring that is hard to imagine unless you were there. Over 800,000 people were in the streets demonstrating for their basic freedoms (ones we take for granted here in the … Continue reading Day 317…Ambiguity

I am so blessed and fortunate to have wonderful neighbors...and yesterday, as in years past, I received my favorite Veterans Day "Thank You" from my dear friend, Sanav... Thank you Sanav and...listen to your parents! Your friend, Jim 1COR13:13

Assume less, please. As a military veteran, I am sometimes called a hero.  But veterans have no monopoly on heroism, and contrary to what you might assume, I have seen far more courage off the battlefield than on it. My military career ended with an honorable discharge. But I was also demoted in rank, and … Continue reading Day 316…Assume less, again…

LTC (ret) Scott Mann. Look him up. Here is what you won't find. After my career had come crashing down all-around me in a matter of minutes, I returned from my last rotation in Afghanistan in 2012 a broken man. I was physically, emotionally, intellectually and worst of all spiritually - broken...LTC Mann was the … Continue reading Day 315 Meditation and Musing

Way too much emotion for me to write much today. I've got to spend time with some of the strongest emotions of both love and loss that one can experience. No man of any place or time fought alongside greater warriors than myself, Jim Gant. Thank all of you who fought so bravely with so … Continue reading Day 315 Veterans Day

"Give us this day our daily bread..." "This day" not yesterday or tomorrow. "This day". This morning Chet had a small post laced with huge words of wisdom. There were cookies not only on the bottom shelf but spread all-over the floor. "Remember, now is the present." Damn.Good.Stuff. Life-changing...if, if, if...one can understand what that … Continue reading Day 314 Meditation and Musing

Every Friday morning, I get to sit with ten great builders for an hour and half. A few weeks ago, during one of our Friday morning “work-outs” putting the “cookies on the bottom shelf” was discussed (thanks, DD). As usual, I listened or at least tried to. You see, those ten are master builders. I … Continue reading Day 314…The curse and the cookies

A beautiful interview with one of my 'spiritual guides' Thich Nhat Hanh. It could change you. "I am here for you." TOGETHER WE TRANSFORM Jim 1COR13:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9UtuWfs3U