by Mike | Mar 23, 2022 | balance, Heaven, Leisure Society, Life Coaching, meditation, New Beginnings, Silicon Valley, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”-Lily Tomlin Slowing down in Baja California at Punta Pequeña. When I think of slowing down, I am reminded of surfing trips in the 80s to Punta Pequeña in Baja California with good friends John Chick, Eddie Means, John Park,...
by Mike | Mar 4, 2022 | Bible, faith, Heaven, Jesus, Life Coaching, New Beginnings, Silicon Valley, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”-Proverbs 19:21 My faith and patience were acutely tested following my layoff from Oracle. I was putting in more hours in the job search than I had my job at Oracle, only to be...
by Mike | Feb 22, 2022 | faith, Life Coaching, New Beginnings, Prayer, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
Surfing in Heaven – Section 4 title page (chapters to follow).
by Mike | Feb 22, 2022 | Bible, Jesus, John Wooden, New Beginnings, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“God doesn’t ask us to be successful, only faithful.”-Amish Proverb As much as I had been anticipating it, I was seriously wounded when the words finally came. After 25 years of continuous employment in Silicon Valley, the layoff bullet I had been dodging for so many...
by Mike | Feb 19, 2022 | 1960s, balance, Grandpa Jack, humor, John Wooden, Malibu, San Onofre Surfing Club, Simplify, sunset, surfing, Surfing in Heaven Original Blogs
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”-John Lennon Surfing Malibu circa 1949 on a Simmons Foam Sandwich(photo by Doc Ball) If there ever were a perfect sunset, Dad (A.K.A. “Kona Jack”) surely would have seen it over his 27 years at...
