BRAIN FOOD

It’s no secret that one of my favorite things is to randomly stumble upon a thrift store that I’ve never been to. At this point I feel like I’ve dialed in what’s on my list of acquisitions when it comes to thrifting. I have about five key things that I look for but books were never one of them until I found this amazing Goodwill® location while I was running the other day. I was just sort of exploring the neighborhood while pounding the pavement and listening to a podcast when I suddenly spotted the smiling “G” in the sky and figured I would stop in. Drenched in sweat as my face mask was expanding and contracting like a puffer fish, I browsed the shelves and found a spectacular array of books to add to our evening reading sessions or to be used to light my creative inspiration. I paid a whopping $12 for six books and toted my new treasures home where I would decide on which literary adventure I’d begin with. A sucker for a good cover and a cool typeface, I was instantly drawn to Be More Than You Are by Don Polston. Penned in 1977, the book explores how we (humans) need to be more confident, more in tune and tapped into our spirituality. How we need to be the person we were created to be and not be confined in the cages of our own insecurities. It goes on to talk about breaking bad habits and a lot of other dialogs that I’ve read or listened to before and try my best to practice daily, but it’s always good to have a refresher course staring at you in your face. When it comes to a spiritual journey and fixing (or even addressing) our self-projected shortcomings or traumas that we’ve encountered, we’re life long students of the subject matter. It’s a daily practice, a daily study. Finding a random thrift store on a random day where I found a random book that was written in 1977 and is still applicable today is proof of that. 

-Danny